Discover /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering

1. To uncover. [Obs.]

   Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.

2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). [Archaic]

   Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince.

   Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.

   We will discover ourselves unto them.

   Discover not a secret to another.

3. 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.

   Some to discover islands far away.

4. To manifest without design; to show.

   The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.

5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]

1. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]

   This done, they discover.

   Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world.