descouvrir
Middle French
Etymology
Old French descovrir.
Verb
descouvrir
- to uncover
- (figuratively, by extension) to discover
- to reveal
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- Marcellinus, de long temps en son cœur le paganisme ; mais, par ce que toute son armée estoit de Chrestiens, il ne l’osoit descouvrir
- Marcellinus was for a long time a Pagan in his heart, but, because his whole army was Christian, didn't dare to reveal it
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Descendants
- French: découvrir