Found 2 items, similar to reconnoitre.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: reconnoitre
reconnoitre
v : explore, often with the goal of finding something or
somebody [syn:
scout,
reconnoiter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Reconnoitre
Reconnoiter
\Rec`on*noi"ter\, Reconnoitre
\Rec`on*noi"tre\
(r?k`?n*noi"t?r), v. t. [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of
reconna[^i]tre. See
Recognize.]
1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination
or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or
engineering operations.
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2. To recognize. [Obs.] --Sir H. Walpole.
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