Discover
[dɪ'skʌvə] or [dɪ'skʌvɚ]
Definition
(verb.) make a discovery; 'She found that he had lied to her'; 'The story is false, so far as I can discover'.
(verb.) make a discovery, make a new finding; 'Roentgen discovered X-rays'; 'Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle'.
(verb.) see for the first time; make a discovery; 'Who discovered the North Pole?'.
Editor: Megan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To uncover.
(v. t.) To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).
(v. t.) To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.
(v. t.) To manifest without design; to show.
(v. t.) To explore; to examine.
(v. i.) To discover or show one's self.
Checked by Ernest
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Reveal, communicate, tell, disclose, exhibit, show, manifest, make manifest, impart, make known, lay open, lay bare, expose to view.[2]. Ascertain, detect, find out, get the first knowledge of.[3]. Descry, discern, espy, see, behold, get sight of, get a glimpse of.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Find, invent, descry, disclose, unearth, ferret_out, ascertain, discern,make_known, detect, betray, indicate, manifest
ANT:Conceal, suppress, repress, miss, lose, overlook, mask, cover, screen
Checked by Ida
Definition
v.t. to uncover: to lay open or expose: to exhibit: to make known: to find out: to espy.—adj. Discoverable.—ns. Discov′erer; Discov′ery the act of finding out: the thing discovered.
Typist: Tim
Examples
- For what does reason discover, when it pronounces any action vicious? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With this you may discover the spy among you, he said. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The world was to me a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In Miss Helstone neither he nor any one else could discover brilliancy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She had discovered something, something more than wonderful, more wonderful than life itself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The instrument may be made before the laws which govern its operation are discovered. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Under such high patronage most of the ideas and principles of ordnance now prevailing were discovered or suggested, but were embodied for the most part in rude and inefficient contrivances. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Samarium discovered by Boisbaudran, Scandium by Nilson, and Thulium by Cleve. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The name was all I kept from him, and he has discovered it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- For these all follow the general principle, and having found that, we shall have no difficulty in discovering them. Plato. The Republic.
- On the contrary, said Holmes quietly; I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And it ended by my discovering traces, but very different ones from those which I had expected. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was only restored to comparative calmness by repeated assurances of the certainty of discovering the fugitive. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Another professor showed me a large paper of instructions for discovering plots and conspiracies against the government. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Lily had not been long in this pallid world without discovering that Mrs. Hatch was its most substantial figure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- At all the courts and universities the telescopes were received with the greatest enthusiasm, and put to instant use in the hope of discovering new stars. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In waste and uninclosed lands, any person who discovers a tin mine may mark out its limits to a certain extent, which is called bounding a mine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Goodyear discovers process of Vulcanizing Rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Increase me in that wisdom which discovers my truest interest: Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- One discovers it still as vigorous under the Directorate as if there had been no revolution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Laennec discovers Auscultation and invents Stethoscope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Are you afraid Shirley will worry you if she discovers that you are hurt, and that you bleed? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then John Jarndyce discovers that Ada and I must break off and that if I don't amend that very objectionable course, I am not fit for her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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