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   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.]
    To uncover. [Obs.]
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   Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.
   Abp. Grindal.
   
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   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] 
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   Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
   The several caskets to this noble prince.
   Shak.
   
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   Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
   Bacon.
   
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   We will discover ourselves unto them.
   1 Sam. xiv. 8.
   
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   Discover not a secret to another.
   Prov. xxv. 9.
   
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   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]
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   Some to discover islands far away.
   Shak.
   
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   To manifest without design; to show.
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   The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
   C. J. Smith.
   
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   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.
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   Discover, v. i. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]
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   This done, they discover.
   Decker.
   
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   Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world.
   Milton.
   
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