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reconnoitre

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/Part of speech verbSorted ceeinnoorrtStarts with REnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

Word origin

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.

Used in a sentence

  • Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
  • Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury.
  • "Damn!" said Tommy, and tried to sit up. He had remembered. He was in that sinister house in Soho. He uttered a groan and fell back. Through his almost-closed lids he reconnoitred carefully.

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