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reconnoiter
/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/
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What does reconnoiter mean?
verb
- To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
noun
- An act or instance of reconnoitering.
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/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/
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In one village he said he had come to reconnoiter for a site to build a hospital.
Leaving Powell’s body where it lay on the ledge I crept into the cave to reconnoiter.
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He was ready to don the diving-dress himself, or try the air apparatus, in order to reconnoiter the situation of his courageous friends.
Melchisedec had, in fact, found it rather dull; and when the rain ceased to patter and perfect silence reigned, he decided to come out and reconnoiter, though experience taught him that Sara would not return for some time.
Weyrother had been twice that evening to the enemy’s picket line to reconnoiter personally, and twice to the Emperors, Russian and Austrian, to report and explain, and to his headquarters where he had dictated the dispositions in German, and now, much exhausted, he arrived at Kutúzov’s.