DISCOVER
verb
Synonyms
disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. 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.
Definitions
- 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.]
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
