reconnoitre
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
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
In an attempt to clinch her suzerainty, Denmark this summer is sending two ships to reconnoitre the east coast from Scoresby Sound to Danmark Harbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President sent Harry Hopkins and a group of experts out to reconnoitre the wake of the retreating flood.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Edward's suggestion that they should reconnoitre the settlement before they advanced.
From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles
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
Exactly a century ago State surveyors reconnoitred a rail route over Pennsylvania's forested ridges between Chambersburg and Pittsburgh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toward these well-guarded objectives Mussolini reconnoitred but moved scarcely at all last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yesterday afternoon I reconnoitred some way up the river, and saw no signs of a canoe.
From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles
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
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
It was a young man, about his own age or a little older, who, after reconnoitring him from above, cautiously drew back the door.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
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