 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reconnoiter
verb: explore, often with the goal of finding something or
somebody [syn: {scout}, {reconnoitre}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reconnoiter \Rec'on*noi"ter\, Reconnoitre \Rec'on*noi"tre\
(r?k'?n*noi"t?r), verb (used with an object) [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of
reconna[^i]tre. See {Recognize}.]
1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination
or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or
engineering operations.
2. To recognize. [Obs.] --Sir H. Walpole.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconnoiter":
be vigilant, be watchful, bug, case, course, cover, do, eye,
eyeball, follow, gaze at, go over, have a looksee, hold in view,
keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, look after,
look at, look on, look upon, make a reconnaissance, measure,
observe, overpass, pass over, pass through, patrol, peep,
perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, play the spy, ply, probe,
put under surveillance, range, range over, regard, scour,
scour the country, scout, scout out, spy, spy out, spy upon,
stake out, sweep, track, transit, travel over, travel through,
traverse, view, voyage, watch
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