Discover

DISCOVER (from dis, negative, and cover) is used in the English Version for "uncover," "lay bare." Ps 29:9; Isa 22:8; Mic 1:6. "The voice of the Lord . . . discovereth the forests" — i.e. strippeth off the leaves.

DISCOVER (from dis, negative, and cover) is used in the English Version for "uncover," "lay bare." Ps 29:9; Isa 22:8; Mic 1:6. "The voice of the Lord . . . discovereth the forests" — i.e. strippeth off the leaves.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.]

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To discover or show one's self. [Obs.] This done, they discover. Decke Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.