discover

  1. Proper noun.  (US) Discover Card, a brand of credit card.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
  3. Verb.  (transitive, now) To expose, uncover.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
  7. Verb.  To find something for the first time.

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