Dictionary

rediscover en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Latin discooperīreder. Late Latin discoperīre Old French descovrirbor. Middle English discoveren English discover English rediscover From re- + discover.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.
   • She rediscovered her faith in religion.
   • He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it. 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

rediscoverer · rediscover fire

Translations (19)

de neu entdecken (to discover again) · fr retrouver (to discover again) · fr redécouvrir (to discover again) · pl ponownie odkryć (to discover again) · da genopdage (to discover again) · pt reencontrar (to discover again) · fi löytää uudelleen (to discover again) · eo retrovi (to discover again) · it riscoprire (to discover again) · ga athaimsigh (to discover again) · pl ponownie odkrywać (to discover again) · sk znovuobjaviť (to discover again) · ca redescobrir (to discover again) · sk znovuobjavovať (to discover again) · es redescubrir (to discover again) · gl redescubrir (to discover again) · de wiederentdecken (to discover again) · nl herontdekken (to discover again) · pt redescobrir (to discover again)