reconnoitre
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- reconnoitrer noun
Etymology
Origin of reconnoitre
C18: from obsolete French reconnoître to inspect, explore; see recognize
Example Sentences
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He was headed, generally, for Lake Superior, and would reconnoitre once he got to Lake Michigan.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018
The Sunni caliph Mansur, whose new empire stretched from India to the Atlantic, sailed up and down the Tigris to reconnoitre a place for his home.
From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014
Their base will be so much farther north that they will be able to reconnoitre slowly and widely before making any such dashes as Amundsen's.
From Time Magazine Archive
President Coolidge, through the War Department, ordered Army planes to reconnoitre from Boston, but their work was delayed by fogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their prolonged absence causing some uneasiness to their friends in Canada, some Indians were sent to reconnoitre and learn something of them.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)
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