reconnoitre

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.

   Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.

2. 2
   verb

   To recognise.

   As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain.

3. 3
   noun

   An act or instance of reconnoitring.

   The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.

4. 4
   verb

   explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

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.

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