3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. Some to discover islands far away. Shak.
4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.
5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]
Syn. — To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. — To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.
DISCOVER
Dis*cov"er, v. i.
Defn: To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]
This done, they discover. Decke
Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of
this world. Milton.
DISCOVERABILITY
Dis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle.
DISCOVERABLE
Dis*cov"er*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.