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reconnoitre

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Verb — To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.

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From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.

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