reconnoiter

Meanings

Verb

• To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.

Noun

• An act or instance of reconnoitering.

Related

Similar words

• scout, survey

Origin

• From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere ("to recognize"). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).