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rediscovered fire

rediscovered fire is the simple past and past participle of rediscover fire.

Meaning of rediscover fire

Verb

rediscover fire (third-person singular simple present rediscovers fire, present participle rediscovering fire, simple past and past participle rediscovered fire)

  1. (idiomatic) To relearn fundamental concepts, principles or practices that had been previously well known and widely practiced at a prior time in human society.
    • It was necessary for them to rediscover fire, to relearn the basic laws of economics and rebuild civilization out of the ashes of ruin.

Questions about rediscovered fire

What is rediscovered fire the simple past and past participle of?
Rediscovered fire is the simple past and past participle of rediscover fire.

Words near rediscovered fire in the dictionary

  1. rediscounting
  2. rediscounts
  3. rediscover
  4. rediscover fire
  5. rediscovered
  6. rediscovered fire
  7. rediscoverer
  8. rediscoverers
  9. rediscoveries
  10. rediscovering
  11. rediscovering fire

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