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▪ I. recoˈnnoitre, n.
[f. next.]
An act of reconnoitring; a reconnaissance.
1799Washington Lett. Writ. 1893 XIV. 167 Your Reconnoitre of the seaboard to St. Mary's..will be made to the Department of War. 1863Ld. Lytton Ring Amasis II. 232 All his senses were sentinels... He was making his great reconnoitre. 1891T. Hardy Tess lii, As she returned from a reconnoitre of the church and graveyard.
▪ II. reconnoitre, v.|rɛkəˈnɔɪtə(r)|
Also U.S. reconnoiter.
[a. F. reconnoître (now reconnaître), OF. reconnoistre:—L. recognōscĕre to look over, inspect: cf. recognize.]
1. trans.
a. Mil. (and Naval). To make an inspection or take observations of (an enemy, his strength, position, etc.).
1707Sir C. Shovel in Tindal Contin. Rapin (1745) IV. ii. 27/1 note, Colonel Pheffercorn..having been killed the day before, as he went to reconnoitre the enemy. 1711Addison Spect. No. 165. 1765 R. Rogers Jrnls. (1769) 1, I embarked..to reconnoitre the strength of the enemy. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. ii. 67 The veteran officer..was unfortunately shot in reconnoitring the enemy. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. v. 153 The guides advised a halt, while they reconnoitred the force and dispositions of the enemy.
b. transf. To make an inspection, examination or survey of (persons).
1742Young Nt. Th. ii. 265 She reconnoitres Fancy's airy band. 1755Smollett Quix. (1803) IV. 201 One of the gang, who was placed centinel on the road to reconnoitre travellers and bring intelligence. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. II. 27 Amusing ourselves with reconnoitring this group. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. iii. (1879) 48 The deer frequently, out of curiosity, approach to reconnoitre him.
2. a. Mil. To inspect, examine, or survey (a district or tract of ground) in order to discover the presence or position of an enemy, or to find out the resources or military features of the country.
1726Cavallier Mem. iv. 317 For fear of Accidents I went to Reconnoitre [the] Wood, with a Peasant of the Place. 1781T. Simes Milit. Guide (ed. 3) 11 The Quarter-master-general,..with an able engineer, should sufficiently reconnoitre the country. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 332/1 Making a rapid examination of the country or object he is ordered to reconnoitre. Ibid. 333/2 In reconnoitring a fortified post or village [etc.]. 1948N. Mailer Naked & Dead iii. v. 523 He could not reconnoiter the pass.
b. transf. To survey or explore (a district, etc.) in order to learn its character, geography, etc.
1754Richardson Grandison (1781) VII. viii. 40 The gentlemen are all rid out..to reconnoitre the country, as my Uncle calls it. 1791W. Bartram Carolina 107 Whilst my fellow travellers were..fixing our camp, I improved the opportunity, in reconnoitering our ground. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 19 As we sailed up the Mersey, I reconnoitred the shores with a telescope. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. (Low) xx. §811 Some one..of the fleets that are out reconnoitring the seas for us, returns with additional facts for our storehouse of knowledge.
c. transf. To examine, inspect, look into (a thing or matter).
1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty 8 The least motion we make to reconnoitre any other side of the object. 1825Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 76 The Duke of Brunswick..sent some of his officers to Givet, to reconnoitre the state of things there, and report them to him. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. II. x. 29 Matthew..proceeded towards the window, to reconnoitre the state of the weather.
3. absol. or intr. To make a reconnaissance.
1712Steele Spect. No. 326 ⁋2, I shall every now and then have a saucy Rascal ride by reconnoitring (as I think you call it) under my windows. 1777Watson Philip II (1839) 213 They perceived a hundred of the enemy's horse that had been sent before to reconnoitre. 1784J. Belknap Tour to White Mts. (1876) 12 Here we sat down and dined, while our pilot went back to reconnoitre. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xvii. 211 Reconnoitring stealthily beyond Sylvia Head, we discovered a train of sledges.
†4. trans. To recollect, remember, recognize.
1748Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 58 The Readiness with which we reconnoitre Sensations of Feeling, Taste, and Smell, that have been often impressed. 1768H. Walpole Hist. Doubts Pref. 3 Whether, if the dead of past ages could revive, they would be able to reconnoitre the events of their own times, as transmitted to us. 1787Minor ii. xi. 103 Sir Cadwallader's son with difficulty reconnoitred [printed reconontred] me.
Hence recoˈnnoitrer, one who reconnoitres.
1860C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears III. xiii. 254 Tearfully she thanked the trusty reconnoitrer. 1865J. Shaw Country Schoolm. ii. (1899) 122 Some nooks and corners..which had not been profaned by the reconnoiterer or the opera-glass. 1875Clery Minor Tactics iii. (1877) 45 Before entering a village, defile, or wood, it should be carefully examined by the reconnoitrers in front. |