discover

Definitions


[dɪˈskʌvə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- find unexpectedly or during a search
(e.g: firemen discovered a body in the debris)

- divulge (a secret)
(e.g: they contain some secrets which Time will discover)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘make known’): from Old French descovrir, from late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + cooperire ‘cover completely’ (see cover)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries