rediscover

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verb

To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

“She rediscovered her faith in religion.”

OriginEnglish discover ← Middle English discoveren ← Old French descovrir →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

verbrediscover (third-person singular simple present rediscovers, present participle rediscovering, simple past and past participle rediscovered)

present singular third person rediscovers · participle present rediscovering · participle past rediscovered · past rediscovered

  1. transitiveTo discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

    She rediscovered her faith in religion.

    1 more example

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
refind

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  13. Proto-Italic*kom
  14. Proto-Italic*kom-
  15. Latincon-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
  20. Latinoperiō
  21. Latincooperiō
  22. Latindiscooperīre
  23. Late Latindiscoperīre
  24. Old Frenchdescovrir
  25. Middle Englishdiscoveren
  26. Englishdiscover
  27. Englishrediscover

From re- + discover.

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Translations

Catalan redescobrir
  • redescobrirto discover again
Danish genopdage
  • genopdageto discover again
Dutch herontdekken
  • herontdekkento discover again
Esperanto retrovi
  • retrovito discover again
Finnish löytää uudelleen
  • löytää uudelleento discover again
French redécouvrir, retrouver
  • redécouvrirto discover again
  • retrouverto discover again
German wiederentdecken, neu entdecken
  • wiederentdeckento discover again
  • neu entdeckento discover again
Irish athaimsigh
  • athaimsighto discover again
Italian riscoprire
  • riscoprireto discover again
Polish ponownie odkrywać, ponownie odkryć
  • ponownie odkrywaćto discover again
  • ponownie odkryćto discover again
Portuguese redescobrir, reencontrar
  • redescobrirto discover again
  • reencontrarto discover again
Slovak znovuobjaviť, znovuobjavovať
  • znovuobjaviťto discover again
  • znovuobjavovaťto discover again
Spanish redescubrir
  • redescubrirto discover again

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rediscover

coverdiscoverrecoverloveruncovergloverhoverploverbruvverdiaper lovershover
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Anagrams

discoverer
Cite this entry
APA

rediscover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rediscover

MLA

“rediscover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rediscover. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rediscover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rediscover.

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