Discover
Discover , transitive verb
[Old English discoveren, discuren, descuren, Old French descovrir, descouvrir, French découvrir; des- (Latin dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]
1.
To uncover. [Obsolete]
Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.
2.
To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). [Archaic]
Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince.
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
We will discover ourselves unto them.
Discover not a secret to another.
3.
To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.
Some to discover islands far away.
4.
To manifest without design; to show.
The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
5.
To explore; to examine. [Obsolete]
Discover , intransitive verb
To discover or show one's self. [Obsolete]
This done, they discover.
Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world.