reconnoitre
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
noun
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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
Nevertheless, the submarines went out to reconnoitre while the mine sweepers swept the channel and the destroyers sped through, followed by the cruisers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The planes reconnoitre and threaten, the people fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Halted on a sharp little crest between two monstrous chasms Morshead and I discussed the situation, and thereafter gravely proceeded to reconnoitre the ground to our left.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
The citation for temporary Lieutenant Robert Hastings read: "He personally reconnoitred the approach to the position under very severe rifle and machine-gun fire."
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2018
Dubbed Little Nellie, the machine enabled Bond, played by Sean Connery, to fight off a helicopter attack as he reconnoitred a Spectre base hidden in a Japanese volcano.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2013
Toward these well-guarded objectives Mussolini reconnoitred but moved scarcely at all last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then they issued into the evening streets, reconnoitred in restaurants, newsstands, dance halls, bars.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I intended to have reconnoitred and carried back some news to the Great Chief,” he replied, coldly, and with a sneer.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
Erisso's daughter Anna, meanwhile, finds herself torn between familial and patriotic loyalties and her attraction to Maometto, whom she had fallen in love with when he was reconnoitring Greece in disguise.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2013
He became active last year as an oratorical scout, reconnoitring British public opinion in advance of the isolationist policies formally adopted by His Majesty's Government last week .
From Time Magazine Archive
By last week, instead of marching, U. S. business was generally marking time, with only a few industries pushing ahead like scouts reconnoitring in enemy territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
I selected a spot for a stockade, and, after reconnoitring in the neighbourhood, marched back next day to Pullel, and thence to Manipur, again passing Langthabal.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
After reconnoitring Warwick and Gloucester, Rupert returned to Oxford, where he composed the elaborate defence of his conduct already quoted, entitled "Prince Rupert, his Declaration."
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
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