Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reconnoitre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reconnoiter \Rec`on*noi"ter\, Reconnoitre \Rec`on*noi"tre\
(r?k`?n*noi"t?r), v. t. [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of
reconna[^i]tre. See {Recognize}.]
1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination
or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or
engineering operations.
2. To recognize. [Obs.] --Sir H. Walpole.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reconnoitre
v : explore, often with the goal of finding something or
somebody [syn: {scout}, {reconnoiter}]
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