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pre-diˈscovery, n. and a.
A. n. [pre- A. 2.] Previous discovery.
1653T. Horton Wisdome's Judgment 10 To shew us them, not in the event,..but afore-hand in the pre-discoveries and apprehensions of it. 1787Sir J. Hawkins Johnson 464 A question between us and..Spain, touching the pre⁓discovery, and, consequently, the right of dominion over certain islands in the South seas.
B. adj. [pre- B. 2.] Occurring or carried out before the discovery of something.
1946Nature 9 Nov. 648/1 In the nomenclature of the time, these pre-discovery observations of Uranus are known as the ‘ancient’ observations. 1968R. A. Lyttleton Mysteries Solar Syst. vii. 234 LeVerrier, in his discussion, included the pre-discovery observations of Uranus going back to 1690. |