![]() ![]() In cases like this, the so-called discoverer didn’t really discover the thing so much as they found it again. History books are filled with examples of people credited with the discovery of a new place even though it was already inhabited, or of people credited with having made some kind of scientific or technological discovery when in fact it was known about for a long time by someone else or by people in another part of the world. ![]() Though its use can sometimes overlap with discover, the word uncover typically means something different-“to expose” or “to reveal.” To discover a conspiracy is to find out that it exists, but to uncover it is to reveal it.ĭiscovery involves seeing, learning of, or encountering something for the first time. When a discovery is made, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the thing found had been covered or hidden. It ultimately derives from the Late Latin discooperīre, meaning “to disclose” or “to expose.” The suffix -y is used to form abstract nouns from verbs (it’s used in the same way to form the noun recovery from the verb recover). Length: Epic Word Count: 109,673 Genre: Science Fiction/Futuristic Romance Rating: Spicy/Erotic Author Kaitlyn O'Connor was first published by Harlequin Enterprises in 1994 under the pen name of Madris Dupree after nearly a decade of 'apprenticeship' -struggling to learn the business, the marketing, and the writing skills necessary for a. The first records of the word discovery come from the 1500s. ![]()
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