reconnoitrereconnoiterv.

Brit.

/ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə/, U.S.

/ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪdər/,

/ˌrikəˈnɔɪdər/

Forms: 1700s– reconnoiter (now chiefly U.S.), 1700s– reconnoitre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reconnoître, reconnaître.

Etymology: < French †reconnoître, variant of reconnaître (see recognize v.¹, and also senses at reconnaitre v.). Compare reconnoissance n.

1. Military.

a. transitive. To make an inspection or take observations of (an enemy, his or her strength, position, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) > the enemy or his position

discover1487

recognize1637

recognosce1637

reconnoitre1705

unmask1733

to feel for ——?1795

observe1853

spot1914

1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. at View To View or Reconnoitre an Enemy is to get as near his Camp as possible, to see the Nature of the Ground.

1765 R. Rogers Jrnls. (1769) 1 I embarked..to reconnoitre the strength of the enemy.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ii. 67 The veteran officer..was unfortunately shot in reconnoitring the enemy.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands v. 153 The guides advised a halt, while they reconnoitred the force and dispositions of the enemy.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 268/1 In June 1794 Coutelle ascended with the adjutant and general to reconnoitre the hostile army just before the battle of Fleurus.

1950 Washington Post 9 May 1/3 He declared in a prepared statement that ‘submarines have been reconnoitering our radar defenses’ in Alaska and along the West Coast.

1994 GPS World Oct. 14 A MAV equipped with a miniaturized video camera could reconnoiter nearby enemy troop positions.

2003 Fortean Times Nov. 56/4 The jets reconnoitered the ship again and disappeared. The Liberty was overflown 10 times in the following five hours, usually by the slow reconnaissance aircraft.

b. transitive. 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. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

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

reknowledge1582

reacknowledge1622

scout1704

reconnoitre1716

reconnaitre1765

observe1799

recce1943

recon1966

society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > reconnoitre

akenc1400

scurry1580

reknowledge1582

reconnoitre1777

observe1799

spot1892

recce1943

shufti1943

recon1966

1716 Earl of Mar Jrnl. in R. Patten Hist. Rebell. (1717) 26 [226] Colonel Ghest was detach'd from Sterling with 200 Dragoons, to reconnoitre the Roads leading to Perth, in Order to begin the March of the Army.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xi. 334 They perceived a hundred of the enemy's horse that had been sent before to reconnoitre.

1781 T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 11 The Quarter-master-general,..with an able engineer, should sufficiently reconnoitre the country.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xxiii. 349 Only a few marksmen were sent down the descent to skirmish with the enemy's advanced posts, and to reconnoitre the ground.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 333/2 In reconnoitring a fortified post or village [etc.].

1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War xv. 163 One morning, dark and liquid and wild, Colonel Harrison and a number of us went off in a lorry to reconnoitre in Ypres proper, and to see the trenches we were to hold.

1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead iii. v. 523 He could not reconnoiter the pass.

2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 10 Feb. 44/1 In the end, Gadoury decides to reconnoiter training areas closer to the base.

2. In non-military contexts.

a. transitive. To survey or explore (a district, area, etc.) in order to learn its character, geography, etc. Also intransitive and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc.

perambulate1450

perlustrate1535

explorate?1549

explore1577

perlustrea1600

reacknowledge1622

canvass1652

reconnoitre1712

recce1943

1712 R. Steele Spectator 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.

1721 ‘Lover of Mankind’ Disc. Plague 5 The men, whom Moses had detach'd to reconnoitre the land of Canaan, all dy'd of the Plague, except Joshua and Caleb.

1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. viii. 40 The gentlemen are all rid out..to reconnoitre the country, as my Uncle calls it.

1784 J. Belknap Jrnl. 25 July in Tour to White Mts. (1876) 12 Here we sat down and dined, while our pilot went back to reconnoitre.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 21 As we sailed up the Mersey, I reconnoitred the shores with a telescope.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 211 Reconnoitring stealthily beyond Sylvia Head, we discovered a train of sledges.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xx. §811 Some one..of the fleets that are out reconnoitring the seas for us, returns with additional facts for our storehouse of knowledge.

1933 R. C. Hutchinson Unforgotten Prisoner vii. 182 There might be an easy ford, possibly a footbridge... He would reconnoitre presently.

1975 D. Davin Closing Times vii. 159 We went back by the route I had reconnoitred.

2007 Daily News (Los Angeles) (Nexis) 11 June u12 The series follows the guys as they reconnoiter the country, with staged bits (scooter races, horse rides, faux-rock climbs) added to alleviate their tour-bus claustrophobia.

b. transitive. To examine, inspect, look into (a thing or matter).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)]

underseekc897

speerc900

lookeOE

askOE

seeOE

teem witnessc1200

seeka1300

fand13..

inquirec1300

undergoc1315

visit1338

pursuea1382

searcha1382

examinec1384

assay1387

ensearchc1400

vesteyea1425

to have in waitc1440

perpend1447

to bring witnessc1475

vey1512

investigate?1520

recounta1530

to call into (also in) question1534

finger1546

rip1549

sight1556

vestigatea1561

to look into ——1561

require1563

descry?1567

sound1579

question1590

resolve1593

surview1601

undersearch1609

sift1611

disquire1621

indagate1623

inspect1623

pierce1640

shrive1647

in-looka1649

probe1649

incern1656

quaeritate1657

inquisite1674

reconnoitre1740

explore1774

to bring to book1786

look-see1867

scrutate1882

to shake down1915

sleuth1939

screen1942

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)]

through-seekOE

gropea1250

to search outa1382

ensearch1382

boltc1386

examinea1387

ransackc1390

ripea1400

search1409

overreach?a1425

considerc1425

perquirec1460

examec1480

peruse?1520

grounda1529

study1528

oversearch1532

perscrute1536

scrute1536

to go over ——1537

scan1548

examinate1560

rifle1566

to consider of1569

excuss1570

ripe1573

sift1573

sift1577

to pry into ——1581

dive1582

rub1591

explore1596

pervestigate1610

dissecta1631

profound1643

circumspect1667

scrutinize1671

perscrutatea1679

introspect1683

rummage1690

reconnoitre1740

scrutinate1742

to look through1744

scrutiny1755

parse1788

gun1819

cat-haul1840

vivisect1876

scour1882

microscope1888

tooth-comb1893

X-ray1896

comb1904

fine-tooth comb1949

1740 J. Bancks New Hist. Peter Great vi. 211 Thus was destroyed a great Part of Charles' remaining little Army, who had retired with him into Turkey, and were now sent to reconnoitre the State of Affairs in that Quarter.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty 8 The least motion we make to reconnoitre any other side of the object.

1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. x. 29 Matthew..proceeded towards the window, to reconnoitre the state of the weather.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 47 That dairy-house, so humble, so insignificant, so purely to him a place of constrained sojourn that he had never hitherto deemed it of sufficient importance to be reconnoitred as an object of any quality whatever.

1944 D. Cooper Diary 19 June (2005) 312 The object of his visit was both to reconnoitre the military situation and also to prepare a plan of escape should he need it later.

1990 E. O'Brien Lantern Slides (BNC) I reconnoitre his white body while he's muttering on.

c. transitive. To make an inspection, examination or survey of (a person or people).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > inspect people

review1574

reconnoitre1742

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 19 She reconnoitres Fancy's airy band.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. viii. 387 One of the gang, who was placed centinel on the road to reconnoitre travellers, and bring intelligence.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 27 Amusing ourselves with reconnoitring this group.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 55 The deer frequently, out of curiosity, approach to reconnoitre him.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iv. iii. 277 This path Eustacia followed, in order to reconnoitre the group before joining it.

1954 J. Griffin tr. J. Giono Horseman on Roof xi. 307 Their runners came over to reconnoiter me, where I was hiding on my slope.

1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iii. 86 The spy..had allegedly driven the assassin on a dummy run to reconnoitre the Finucane household.

†3. transitive. To recollect, remember, recognize. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

bethinkOE

mingOE

thinkOE

monelOE

umbethinkc1175

to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275

minc1330

record1340

revert1340

remembera1382

mindc1384

monishc1384

to bring to mindc1390

remenec1390

me meanetha1400

reducec1425

to call to mind1427

gaincall1434

pense1493

remord?1507

revocate1527

revive1531

cite1549

to call back1572

recall1579

to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583

to call to remembrance1583

revoke1586

reverse1590

submonish1591

recover1602

recordate1603

to call up1606

to fetch up1608

reconjure1611

collect1612

remind1615

recollect1631

rememorize1632

retrieve1644

think1671

reconnoitre1729

member1823

reminisce1829

rememorate1835

recomember1852

evoke1856

updraw1879

withcall1901

access1978

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > recognize, acknowledge [verb (transitive)]

acknowOE

anyeteOE

i-kenc1000

yknowOE

knowOE

seeOE

kenc1275

knowledgec1330

to take knowledge ofa1400

perceive1549

agnize1568

reknowledge1611

recognize1725

reconnoitre1729

identify1746

recognizate1799

1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 19 (note) Where he no sooner enters, but he Reconnoitres the place of his original; as Plato says the Spirits shall do, at their entrance into the celestial Regions.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 58 The Readiness with which we reconnoitre Sensations of Feeling, Taste, and Smell, that have been often impressed.

1768 H. 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.

1819 P. Wakefield Excurs. N. Amer. 201 We were rather surprised yesterday to reconnoitre an old acquaintance, the sea captain.

Derivatives

recoˈnnoiterer n. (also reconnoitrer) a person who reconnoitres.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > one who surveys

veyorc1432

scout1605

reconnoiterer1752

perlustrator1807

outscout1831

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guide, scout, etc.

waitc1325

runnera1382

scourera1400

exploratorc1429

discovererc1440

waiter?1473

out-spy1488

scurrier1488

aforeridera1525

fore-rider1548

guide?1548

outscourer1548

scout1555

vanquerer1579

outscout1581

outskirrer1625

scouter1642

scoutinger1642

wood-ranger1734

reconnoiterer1752

feeler1834

1752 H. Fielding Covent Garden Jrnl. No. 2 7 Jan. 26 Some of our Reconnoiterers tell us that this Monster hath the Appearance of a Lion.

1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears xiii. 254 Tearfully she thanked the trusty reconnoitrer.

1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics iii. 45 Before entering a village, defile, or wood, it should be carefully examined by the reconnoitrers in front.

1937 Speculum 12 17 Henry's reconnoiterers descried a small company of Poitevan knights fleeing over the map of desolation he had made.

1994 Sci. Amer. Dec. 96/3 The reconnoiterers know well the art of systems engineering.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reconnoitre
释义	reconnoitrereconnoitern. Brit. /ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə/, U.S. /ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪdər/, /ˌrikəˈnɔɪdər/ Forms: 1700s– reconnoitre, 1900s– reconnoiter (chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reconnoitre v. Etymology: < reconnoitre v. Compare reconnaissance n., reconnoissance n., and earlier reconnoitring n. An act of reconnoitring; a reconnaissance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance scouringc1471 scry1523 discovery?1574 reconnaissance1779 reconnoitre1781 reconnoissance1802 outwatch1852 exploitation1871 recco1917 recon1918 photoreconnaissance1920 recce1941 photo-recce1946 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] surveyancec1386 surveying1467 survey1548 view1569 reviewing1573 review1604 traverse1658 retrospection1661 surveyala1677 reconnaissance1815 reconnoissance1824 look-see1876 look-over1883 reconnoitre1891 poke round1901 traversal1903 recce1941 tour d'horizon1952 1781 G. Washington Diary 22 July (1978) III. 400 The approach from the inner Point (mentioned in the Reconnoitre from the Jersey shore) is secured by a ledge of Rocks. 1799 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 167 Your Reconnoitre of the seaboard to St. Mary's..will be made to the Department of War. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. 232 All his senses were sentinels... He was making his great reconnoitre. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. lii. 204 As she returned from a reconnoitre of the church and graveyard. 1906 N. Alliston (title) Reconnoitres in reason and the table-book. 1974 J. A. Michener Centennial iv. 147 They kept scouts properly posted, and in time one of them, on a reconnoiter to the north, spotted the horses. 2004 High Mountain Mar. 24/3 I wanted to know more, of course, but it took a dusk-time reconnoitre..to confirm that the dark shadows..could be something big. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reconnoitrereconnoiterv. Brit. /ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə/, U.S. /ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪdər/, /ˌrikəˈnɔɪdər/ Forms: 1700s– reconnoiter (now chiefly U.S.), 1700s– reconnoitre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reconnoître, reconnaître. Etymology: < French †reconnoître, variant of reconnaître (see recognize v.¹, and also senses at reconnaitre v.). Compare reconnoissance n. 1. Military. a. transitive. To make an inspection or take observations of (an enemy, his or her strength, position, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) > the enemy or his position discover1487 recognize1637 recognosce1637 reconnoitre1705 unmask1733 to feel for ——?1795 observe1853 spot1914 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. at View To View or Reconnoitre an Enemy is to get as near his Camp as possible, to see the Nature of the Ground. 1765 R. Rogers Jrnls. (1769) 1 I embarked..to reconnoitre the strength of the enemy. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ii. 67 The veteran officer..was unfortunately shot in reconnoitring the enemy. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands v. 153 The guides advised a halt, while they reconnoitred the force and dispositions of the enemy. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 268/1 In June 1794 Coutelle ascended with the adjutant and general to reconnoitre the hostile army just before the battle of Fleurus. 1950 Washington Post 9 May 1/3 He declared in a prepared statement that ‘submarines have been reconnoitering our radar defenses’ in Alaska and along the West Coast. 1994 GPS World Oct. 14 A MAV equipped with a miniaturized video camera could reconnoiter nearby enemy troop positions. 2003 Fortean Times Nov. 56/4 The jets reconnoitered the ship again and disappeared. The Liberty was overflown 10 times in the following five hours, usually by the slow reconnaissance aircraft. b. transitive. 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. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) reknowledge1582 reacknowledge1622 scout1704 reconnoitre1716 reconnaitre1765 observe1799 recce1943 recon1966 society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > reconnoitre akenc1400 scurry1580 reknowledge1582 reconnoitre1777 observe1799 spot1892 recce1943 shufti1943 recon1966 1716 Earl of Mar Jrnl. in R. Patten Hist. Rebell. (1717) 26 [226] Colonel Ghest was detach'd from Sterling with 200 Dragoons, to reconnoitre the Roads leading to Perth, in Order to begin the March of the Army. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xi. 334 They perceived a hundred of the enemy's horse that had been sent before to reconnoitre. 1781 T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 11 The Quarter-master-general,..with an able engineer, should sufficiently reconnoitre the country. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xxiii. 349 Only a few marksmen were sent down the descent to skirmish with the enemy's advanced posts, and to reconnoitre the ground. View more context for this quotation 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 333/2 In reconnoitring a fortified post or village [etc.]. 1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War xv. 163 One morning, dark and liquid and wild, Colonel Harrison and a number of us went off in a lorry to reconnoitre in Ypres proper, and to see the trenches we were to hold. 1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead iii. v. 523 He could not reconnoiter the pass. 2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 10 Feb. 44/1 In the end, Gadoury decides to reconnoiter training areas closer to the base. 2. In non-military contexts. a. transitive. To survey or explore (a district, area, etc.) in order to learn its character, geography, etc. Also intransitive and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc. perambulate1450 perlustrate1535 view1539 explorate?1549 explore1577 perlustrea1600 reacknowledge1622 canvass1652 reconnoitre1712 recce1943 1712 R. Steele Spectator 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. 1721 ‘Lover of Mankind’ Disc. Plague 5 The men, whom Moses had detach'd to reconnoitre the land of Canaan, all dy'd of the Plague, except Joshua and Caleb. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. viii. 40 The gentlemen are all rid out..to reconnoitre the country, as my Uncle calls it. 1784 J. Belknap Jrnl. 25 July in Tour to White Mts. (1876) 12 Here we sat down and dined, while our pilot went back to reconnoitre. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 21 As we sailed up the Mersey, I reconnoitred the shores with a telescope. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 211 Reconnoitring stealthily beyond Sylvia Head, we discovered a train of sledges. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xx. §811 Some one..of the fleets that are out reconnoitring the seas for us, returns with additional facts for our storehouse of knowledge. 1933 R. C. Hutchinson Unforgotten Prisoner vii. 182 There might be an easy ford, possibly a footbridge... He would reconnoitre presently. 1975 D. Davin Closing Times vii. 159 We went back by the route I had reconnoitred. 2007 Daily News (Los Angeles) (Nexis) 11 June u12 The series follows the guys as they reconnoiter the country, with staged bits (scooter races, horse rides, faux-rock climbs) added to alleviate their tour-bus claustrophobia. b. transitive. To examine, inspect, look into (a thing or matter). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)] through-seekOE gropea1250 to search outa1382 ensearch1382 boltc1386 examinea1387 ransackc1390 ripea1400 search1409 overreach?a1425 considerc1425 perquirec1460 examec1480 peruse?1520 grounda1529 study1528 oversearch1532 perscrute1536 scrute1536 to go over ——1537 scan1548 examinate1560 rifle1566 to consider of1569 excuss1570 ripe1573 sift1573 sift1577 to pry into ——1581 dive1582 rub1591 explore1596 pervestigate1610 dissecta1631 profound1643 circumspect1667 scrutinize1671 perscrutatea1679 introspect1683 rummage1690 reconnoitre1740 scrutinate1742 to look through1744 scrutiny1755 parse1788 gun1819 cat-haul1840 vivisect1876 scour1882 microscope1888 tooth-comb1893 X-ray1896 comb1904 fine-tooth comb1949 1740 J. Bancks New Hist. Peter Great vi. 211 Thus was destroyed a great Part of Charles' remaining little Army, who had retired with him into Turkey, and were now sent to reconnoitre the State of Affairs in that Quarter. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty 8 The least motion we make to reconnoitre any other side of the object. 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. x. 29 Matthew..proceeded towards the window, to reconnoitre the state of the weather. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 47 That dairy-house, so humble, so insignificant, so purely to him a place of constrained sojourn that he had never hitherto deemed it of sufficient importance to be reconnoitred as an object of any quality whatever. 1944 D. Cooper Diary 19 June (2005) 312 The object of his visit was both to reconnoitre the military situation and also to prepare a plan of escape should he need it later. 1990 E. O'Brien Lantern Slides (BNC) I reconnoitre his white body while he's muttering on. c. transitive. To make an inspection, examination or survey of (a person or people). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > inspect people review1574 reconnoitre1742 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 19 She reconnoitres Fancy's airy band. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. viii. 387 One of the gang, who was placed centinel on the road to reconnoitre travellers, and bring intelligence. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 27 Amusing ourselves with reconnoitring this group. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 55 The deer frequently, out of curiosity, approach to reconnoitre him. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iv. iii. 277 This path Eustacia followed, in order to reconnoitre the group before joining it. 1954 J. Griffin tr. J. Giono Horseman on Roof xi. 307 Their runners came over to reconnoiter me, where I was hiding on my slope. 1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iii. 86 The spy..had allegedly driven the assassin on a dummy run to reconnoitre the Finucane household. †3. transitive. To recollect, remember, recognize. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > recognize, acknowledge [verb (transitive)] acknowOE anyeteOE i-kenc1000 yknowOE yknowOE knowOE seeOE kenc1275 knowledgec1330 to take knowledge ofa1400 perceive1549 agnize1568 reknowledge1611 recognize1725 reconnoitre1729 identify1746 recognizate1799 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 19 (note) Where he no sooner enters, but he Reconnoitres the place of his original; as Plato says the Spirits shall do, at their entrance into the celestial Regions. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 58 The Readiness with which we reconnoitre Sensations of Feeling, Taste, and Smell, that have been often impressed. 1768 H. 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. 1819 P. Wakefield Excurs. N. Amer. 201 We were rather surprised yesterday to reconnoitre an old acquaintance, the sea captain. Derivatives recoˈnnoiterer n. (also reconnoitrer) a person who reconnoitres. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > one who surveys veyorc1432 scout1605 reconnoiterer1752 perlustrator1807 outscout1831 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guide, scout, etc. waitc1325 runnera1382 scourera1400 exploratorc1429 discovererc1440 waiter?1473 out-spy1488 scurrier1488 aforeridera1525 fore-rider1548 guide?1548 outscourer1548 scout1555 vanquerer1579 outscout1581 outskirrer1625 scouter1642 scoutinger1642 wood-ranger1734 reconnoiterer1752 feeler1834 1752 H. Fielding Covent Garden Jrnl. No. 2 7 Jan. 26 Some of our Reconnoiterers tell us that this Monster hath the Appearance of a Lion. 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears xiii. 254 Tearfully she thanked the trusty reconnoitrer. 1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics iii. 45 Before entering a village, defile, or wood, it should be carefully examined by the reconnoitrers in front. 1937 Speculum 12 17 Henry's reconnoiterers descried a small company of Poitevan knights fleeing over the map of desolation he had made. 1994 Sci. Amer. Dec. 96/3 The reconnoiterers know well the art of systems engineering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1781v.1705
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