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rediscovers fire

rediscovers fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rediscovers fire

What is rediscovers fire the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rediscovers fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rediscover fire.

Words near rediscovers fire in the dictionary

  1. rediscoverers
  2. rediscoveries
  3. rediscovering
  4. rediscovering fire
  5. rediscovers
  6. rediscovers fire
  7. rediscovery
  8. rediscretization
  9. rediscretizations
  10. rediscretize
  11. rediscretized

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