rediscoveryn.
/ˌriːdᵻˈskʌv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌridəˈskəv(ə)ri/ The action of discovering again, or the fact of being rediscovered; an instance of this, a renewed discovery.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun] > again
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > again
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1788 J. Rennell Mem. Map Hindoostan (new ed.) Pref. p. xxvi Nor did it [sc. the Indian trade] forsake Alexandria, until the re-discovery of the passage by the Cape of Good Hope.
1803 Times 29 Apr. 1/1 (advt.) The re-discovery of the new planets.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 82 The..re-discovery of the islands thirty years afterwards.
1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good Pref. 22 The latest rediscovery of the Vincentian principle has been made by Mr Ford, who has testified that if you want a staff of helpful persons..you must not give them either title, rank, or uniform.
1957 D. M. Baillie Theol. Sacraments ii. 69 It is bound up with the rediscovery that the Christian message is a Heilsgeschichte, a sacred story, running on from eternity through history to eternity again.
1998 C. Barker Galilee iv. xiii. 234 The feeling of rediscovery she'd experienced the night before—dead senses awakened..—had not deserted her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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