† reconnaitrev.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reconnaître.

Etymology: < French reconnaître (in military contexts) to make an examination of the nature of the terrain of the dispositions of the enemy (1557 in Middle French), to examine (a place, terrain, etc.) (1611), specific senses of reconnaître to recognize, etc. (see recognize v.¹). Compare earlier reconnoitre v., and also later reconnaissance n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. = reconnoitre v.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place)

reknowledge1582

reacknowledge1622

scout1704

reconnoitre1716

reconnaitre1765

observe1799

recce1943

recon1966

1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested I. vi. 126 Etymology and Analogy are somewhat divided about e feeble's place with r final; the former requiring the vowel to follow its closer, that is, to follow its follower, not only in lucre, acre, massacre and sepulchre, through the fancied necessity of keeping e radical, but in sabre, fibre,..accoutre, reconnaitre.

1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 87 Yesterday I sent a patrol to Arnee to reconnaitre the place, meaning to attack it this day.

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 512 It was necessary to reconnaitre each of them very closely before they were attacked.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	reconnaitre
释义	† reconnaitrev. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reconnaître. Etymology: < French reconnaître (in military contexts) to make an examination of the nature of the terrain of the dispositions of the enemy (1557 in Middle French), to examine (a place, terrain, etc.) (1611), specific senses of reconnaître to recognize, etc. (see recognize v.¹). Compare earlier reconnoitre v., and also later reconnaissance n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. = reconnoitre v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) reknowledge1582 reacknowledge1622 scout1704 reconnoitre1716 reconnaitre1765 observe1799 recce1943 recon1966 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested I. vi. 126 Etymology and Analogy are somewhat divided about e feeble's place with r final; the former requiring the vowel to follow its closer, that is, to follow its follower, not only in lucre, acre, massacre and sepulchre, through the fancied necessity of keeping e radical, but in sabre, fibre,..accoutre, reconnaitre. 1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 87 Yesterday I sent a patrol to Arnee to reconnaitre the place, meaning to attack it this day. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 512 It was necessary to reconnaitre each of them very closely before they were attacked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1765
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