reconnoiter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reconnoiter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reconnoiter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reconnoiter v explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody Synonym(s): scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reconnoiter \Rec`onnoi"ter\, Reconnoitre \Rec`onnoi"tre\ (r?k`?n*noi"t?r), v. t. [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconna[8c]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.