Crossword clues for reconnoiter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reconnoiter \Rec`on*noi"ter\, Reconnoitre \Rec`on*noi"tre\ (r?k`?n*noi"t?r), v. t. [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconna[^i]tre. See Recognize.]
To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
To recognize. [Obs.]
--Sir H. Walpole.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also reconnoitre, 1707, "make a survey," from older French reconnoitre (Modern French reconnaître), from Old French reconoistre "to identify" (see recognize).
Wiktionary
n. An act or instance of reconnoitering. vb. (context transitive intransitive military English) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
WordNet
v. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody [syn: scout, reconnoitre]
Usage examples of "reconnoiter".
Melas Dorsa with extraordinary cunning and efficiency, first sending small units into the deserted station to reconnoiter and knock out com, then big destructors.
They could now begin to identify and reconnoiter all Hiver occupied worlds in this quadrant of space.
Jeronimo and van Hoek went off towards a smoky and riotous quarter near the waterfront while Jack and Moseh went to reconnoiter in a finer neighborhood up the hill.
On the 27th of June, Captain Marcotte and the detachment commander made a reconnaissance of a high hill to the left of Camp Wheeler, and, having gained the top, reconnoitered the city of Santiago and its surrounding defenses with a powerful glass, and as a result reported to Gen.
I had already done a little hiking to the west around Rangeley and Flagstaff Lakes, in the week before Katz came, as a kind of reconnoiter, so I felt as if I knew the terrain.
In the latter case we shall carry him off at once, but in the event of the former, after we have reconnoitered the situation, we must go back to the DUNCAN on the eastern coast and get to Buenos Ayres, where we can soon organize a detachment of men, with Major McNabbs at their head, strong enough to tackle all the Indians in the Argentine provinces.
John Mangles, Paganel, and Glenarvan went, as soon as it was light enough, to reconnoiter in the neighborhood of the encampment.
Glenarvan and John Mangles went out to reconnoiter before embarking the whole party on this critical journey.
Brooklyn, so I spent the hours remaining to me before daylight in reconnoitering the cemetery and familiarizing myself with the various pathways, the entrance and the surrounding area.
I am tempted to believe that a stranger from the continent of Europe would be inclined, on first reconnoitering the city, to suppose that the places of worship were the theatres and cafes of the place.
Hope took Isobel Brinker to a neutral zone Belt tavern station to reconnoiter, and there encountered a highly significant figure: Straight, the pirate leader of the Solomons, engaged in organized gambling.
At other times he reconnoitered, then Celia joined him when her work permitted.
During that reconnoitering, looking cast past the alleyway at the back of the lot, toward Conquistador, she saw a part of the big redwood-and-glass house on the east side of that street.
One day, while the main body of our fleet was out of sight of land, Rear Admiral Campbell, reconnoitering with the Canopus, Donegal, and Amazon, stood in close to the port.
Two other divers would reconnoiter the main dock to verify and film the Baekje, while the fourth diver would stand by as backup near the entrance door.