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Definition of discover : 1. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show ( what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).
2. To discover or show one's self.
3. To explore; to examine.
4. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
5. To manifest without design; to show.
6. 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.

Synonyms:

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detect, unearth, educe, unmask, unriddle, breakthrough, determine, identify, solve, unravel, find, elicit, recognize, dig up, disinter, fathom

place, spot, establish, position, post, locate, station, pinpoint, situate, put, set, lay

unsheathe, reveal, unveil, unwrap, expose, uncover, disclose, bare

glean, study, absorb, grasp, learn, comprehend, understand, digest, realize, master, read, assimilate

Usage examples:

• And besides, I expect one must possess to discover." - "The Way of Ambition", Robert Hichens.
• At any minute one of the men might come out and discover me. - "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman.
• Why discover a place when it is so far out of the way? - "Comic History of the United States", Bill Nye.