discovery (obs. or arch. uses are the foll.; the word does not appear before mid-16th cent.)
1.
revelation,
disclosure (of a secret) Wint. I. ii.
441,
H5 II. ii. 162
“the of . . .
treason,”
Ham. II. ii. 312.
2.
exploration,
reconnoitring Tp. II. i.
251,
Mac. V. iv. 7
“make Err in report of
us,”
Lr. V. i. 53.
3.
bringing to view,
showing
Tim. V. i. 39
“a of the infinite
flatteries”
. . .; means of discovering
Ven. 828
“the fair of her way
(discoverer†).”
