"rediscover fire" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rediscover fire.ogg [Australia] Forms: rediscovers fire [present, singular, third-person], rediscovering fire [participle, present], rediscovered fire [participle, past], rediscovered fire [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-rediscover_fire-en-verb-sRqjhuXI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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