rediscover
Britishverb
Explanation
When you rediscover something, you find it or claim it again, the way you rediscover your Scottish heritage after you rediscover your fondness for wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipe. People who rediscover their roots or their past get back in touch with something that had been lost or hidden for some time. Making your mom's chocolate chip cookie recipe, for example, might help you rediscover your love of baking after being out of practice for years. Rediscover adds the "again" prefix re- to discover, which comes from the Latin roots dis-, "opposite of," and cooperire, "to cover up."
Example Sentences
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He seems to gradually rediscover his brother’s charms—“I forgot how funny he was.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He told AFP he hopes that Americans can somehow rediscover a "balanced system of people that are willing to reach across the party aisle" so that compromise is no longer a "bad word."
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
It felt both novel and immediately familiar — a post-pandemic child of all those sourdough starters and focaccia tutorials, but also just the latest person to rediscover an old truth.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
If the festival’s plan works, it could be a new, emblematic Westside event for L.A.’s most influential promoter, and a potent reason to rediscover a beachside city with a music lore all its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Solitude gives me a chance to read and think, and now that the memories are coming through again—to rediscover my past, to find out who and what I really am.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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