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undiscoverable

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dis⋅cov⋅er

  [di-skuhv-er]
Use undiscoverable in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity.
2. to notice or realize: I discovered I didn't have my credit card with me when I went to pay my bill.
3. Archaic. to make known; reveal; disclose.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF discoverir, descovrir, OF descovrir < LL discooperīre. See dis- 1 , cover

Related forms:
dis⋅cov⋅er⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dis⋅cov⋅er⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice. Discover, invent, originate suggest bringing to light something previously unknown. To discover may be to find something that had previously existed but had hitherto been unknown: to discover a new electricity; it may also refer to devising a new use for something already known: to discover how to make synthetic rubber. To invent is to make or create something new, esp. something ingeniously devised to perform mechanical operations: to invent a device for detecting radioactivity. To originate is to begin something new, esp. new ideas, methods, etc.: to originate a political movement, the use of assembly-line techniques. See also learn.
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Word Origin & History

discover 
c.1300, from O.Fr. descovrir, from L.L. discooperire, from L. dis- "opposite of" + cooperire "to cover up." Originally with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"), the modern meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1555.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: dis·cov·er
Function: transitive verb
1 : to find out about, recognize, or realize for the first time discovers the fraud> —see also DISCOVERY RULE
2 a : to make the subject of discovery b : to learn of or obtain (information) through discovery —dis·cov·er·able adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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