'Reconnoitre' definitions:
Definition of 'reconnoitre'
From: WordNet
verb
Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody [syn: scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre]
Definition of 'Reconnoitre'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To recognize. [Obs.] --Sir H. Walpole. [1913 Webster]