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Past tense of rediscover

regular verb

The past tense of rediscover is rediscovered. The past participle is also rediscovered.

Forms of rediscover

Base form (V1)rediscover
Past tense (V2)rediscovered
Past participle (V3)rediscovered
Present participlerediscovering
Third person singularrediscovers

Rediscovered in a sentence

  • She rediscovered her faith in religion.
  • Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.From the entry forties
  • It was recently rediscovered in Mexico, and now being cultivated again for its grain.2015 March 13, Avelino Maestas, “Area residents attend NM Small Farm Conference”, in Silver City Daily Press, archived from the original…. From the entry nipa grass
  • I rediscovered that truth tonight when I asked two of the little geeksters to dance.2009, Julie Oliver, I've Been 16 for 34 Years, page 74. From the entry geekster
  • Generations of scholars have discovered and rediscovered his historical significance and literary value, as well as his philosophical contribution and theological importance.2019, David Thomas Orique and Rady Roldán-Figueroa, “Introduction: Three Waves of Lascasian Scholarship”, in Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P.…. From the entry Lascasian

Meaning of rediscover

  1. verb To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

Full definition of rediscover

Questions about the past tense of rediscover

What is the past tense of rediscover?
The past tense of rediscover is rediscovered.
What is the past participle of rediscover?
The past participle of rediscover is rediscovered.
Is rediscover a regular or irregular verb?
Rediscover is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rediscover (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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