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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discovered}; p. pr & vb n. {Discovering}.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren OF descovrir descouvrir F. d['e]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See {Cover}.] 1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. --Abp. Grindal 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. --Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. --Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them --1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. --Prov. xxv. 9. 3. 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. Some to discover islands far away --Shak. 4. To manifest without design; to show The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. --C. J. Smith. 5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.] Syn: To disclose; bring out exhibit; show manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell espy; find out detect. -- To {Discover}, {Invent}. We discover what existed before but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new or which attain their end by means unknown before Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. i. To discover or show one's self [Obs.] This done they discover. --Decker. Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discover v 1: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: {detect}, {observe}, {find}, {notice}] 2: get to know or become aware of "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: {learn}, {hear}, {get word}, {get wind}, {pick up}, {find out}, {get a line}, {see}] 3: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Darwin found many new species on the Galapagos Islands" [syn: {find}] 4: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: {find}] 5: find unexpectedly: "she struck a goldmine" [syn: {strike}, {come upon}, {light upon}, {chance upon}, {come across}, {chance on}, {happen upon}] 6: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The aution house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal}, {expose}, {declare}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give away}, {let out}] 7: see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?" 8: as in in botany or biology, for example [syn: {identify}, {key}, {key out}, {distinguish}, {describe}, {name}]
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