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reconnoiter

v.
US //ˌɹikəˈnɔɪtɝ// re·con·noi·ter Archaic
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Origin

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).

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