Found or learned about something again that was previously known but forgotten or lost.
From prefix 're-' (again) plus 'discovered' (from Old French 'discovrir'). The word emerged in English during the Renaissance when scholars literally rediscovered classical texts.
The Renaissance was basically humanity's greatest 'rediscovery'—scholars found ancient Greek and Roman books that had been hidden in monastery libraries for centuries, which changed everything.
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