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Definition of Prediscovery
1. n. A previous discovery.
Definition of Prediscovery
1. Noun. A previous discovery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prediscovery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prediscovery
Literary usage of Prediscovery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"... extolled by Mr. Shaw we may be sure that the author of "Man and Superman" was
pleased to acknowledge Butler's prediscovery that woman is the pursuer. ..."
2. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1866)
"The fact that the former Secretary made his decision immediately prediscovery of
new evidence not produced to his predecessor, ..."
3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"His articles at this time on the Koch controversy, (1891), created wide interest,
a claim for the prediscovery, by the homeopathic school, of Koch's method ..."
4. English Leadership: English Leadings in Modern History by Josephus Nelson Larned, William Howard Taft, Donald Eugene Smith, Grace F. Caldwell (1918)
"Englishmen of the prediscovery days formed, in spite of the genius and valor
displayed by their race on the fields of war, of poetry and science, ..."
5. The Madeira Islands by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1899)
"... himself a Portuguese, should detract from the glory of his own nation by
awarding the honour of prediscovery to a foreigner, unless for truth's sake. ..."
6. Modern Essays for Schools by Christopher Morley (1921)
"... extolled by Mr. Shaw we may be sure that the author of "Man and Superman" was
pleased to acknowledge Butler's prediscovery that woman is the pursuer. ..."
7. Reply to the Criticisms of James D. Dana by Jules Marcou, James Dwight Dana, Louis Agassiz (1859)
"I have presented evidence proving, as I believe, that he was wrong in each case;
and hence, that Ihe claims of prediscovery which he is now urging over ..."
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