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."
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From them we can rediscover the virtues, the courage, and the strength to confront the dangers that we face in our time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The pope sees Europe as a counterweight to major powers and has in the past called on the European Union to overcome tensions and rediscover unity in pursuit of peace in Ukraine and beyond.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Three decades on, the cutting edge of chess technology is artificial intelligence programmed to rediscover the wide world of possibilities from first principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Matthew Stafford and Davante Adams put on a show as the Rams rediscover their swagger in Aaron Donald’s much-anticipated return, beating the Giants 28-6.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
So it was that I determined to look again, to try to rediscover this monster land.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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