0 past simple and past participle of rediscover
1 to find something or someone again after losing or forgetting about it, him, or her for a long time:
In such situations, it is probable that major ideologies that were dormant in the specific society would be rediscovered and even born anew.
They also show the way in which identity is negotiated on a daily basis, coexisting with new and rediscovered forms of individualism.
It was later inherited by anthropologists and rediscovered by institutionalists.
These new buildings rediscovered the potential of the urban topography.
Moreover, important works might circulate more quietly in manuscript and even telling pamphlets might quickly sink into obscurity, only to be rediscovered later.
The shock potential of the infantry had been rediscovered.
Once again, some of the lessons of history have been forgotten only to be rediscovered.
The film disappeared for a long time and was rediscovered in the 1990s.