Rediscover

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To find or come across something once more, especially after having lost sight or awareness of it
2. To experience or recognize something again, often with renewed interest or appreciation
3. To regain awareness or knowledge of something previously known but forgotten or neglected

Etymology: "Rediscover" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again," attached to "discover." The prefix is the older and more productive half of the pair, and the structure is transparent: to rediscover something is to uncover it a second time. The base word "discover" has a more physical past than its modern abstract use suggests. It descends from Latin "discooperire," built from "dis-" (apart, away) and "cooperire" (to cover completely, from "co-" plus "operire," to cover). The literal sense was to remove a cover, to uncover what had been hidden under a lid or veil. Late Latin "discoperire" passed into Old French as "descovrir," and the word reached Middle English as "discoveren," carrying that original sense of stripping away a covering. The sense of coming upon something new, which is what the word means in English today, grew out of that idea of uncovering. "Rediscover" follows the same pattern, taking the literal idea of lifting a cover once more and applying it to knowledge, places, or forgotten things that have been lost from view.

Synonyms: reveal, uncover, find again, learn anew, reveal

Antonyms: lose, forget, overlook, ignore, leave behind