descouvrir
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
Descendants
[edit]- French: découvrir