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v. i.
To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
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Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
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A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines.
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One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.
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A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.
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A previous discovery.
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The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation.
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A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.
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The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
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Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.
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Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
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That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.
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Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.
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In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
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A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
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The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
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Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.
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Want or failure of discovery.
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That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
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Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.
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