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reconnoitre

re·con·noitre

UK/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ US/ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə/ uncommon obsolete

verb

Origin

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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