reconnoitre
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
reconnoitre (reconnoitres, present participle reconnoitring; past and past participle reconnoitred)
- (transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 150:
- Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury.
- Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 150:
- (obsolete) To recognise.
- 1765, Horace Walpole The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq
- As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain
- 1765, Horace Walpole The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq
- French: reconnaître
- German: aufklären, auskundschaften, rekognoszieren
- Russian: разве́дывать
reconnoitre (plural reconnoitres)
- An act or instance of reconnoitring.
- ''The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.
- German: Rekognoszierung
- Russian: разве́дка
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