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Vinony

rediscovery

noun

  1. second or subsequent discovery of something previously lost or forgotten
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English discovery English rediscovery From re- + discovery.

  1. The act of rediscovering.

    “The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840.”

  2. A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing.