(v) make a discovery, make a new finding, Syn. find, Example:Roentgen discovered X-rays; Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle

discover

(v) make a discovery, See Also: find out, Syn. find, Example:She found that he had lied to her; The story is false, so far as I can discover

discover

(v) see for the first time; make a discovery, Example:Who discovered the North Pole?

discovered check

(n) a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop

discovery

(n) the act of discovering something, Syn. uncovering, find

discovery

(n) something that is discovered

discovery

(n) a productive insight, Syn. breakthrough, find

discovery

(n) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Discover

v. i. To discover or show one's self. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This done, they discover. Decker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discover

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discovered p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering. ] [ OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover. ] 1. To uncover. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal. [ 1913 Webster ]

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). [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ wns=1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some to discover islands far away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To manifest without design; to show. [ 1913 Webster ]

The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discoverability

n. The quality of being discoverable. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discoverable

a. Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discoverer

n. 1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A scout; an explorer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discoverment

n. Discovery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Discovert

a. [ Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert. ] (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discovert

n. An uncovered place or part. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At discovert, uncovered. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discoverture

n. [ Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture. ] 1. Discovery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discovery

n.; pl. Discoveries 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the clear discoveries of the next [ world ]. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

We speak of the “invention” of printing, the discovery of America. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Exploration; examination. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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