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verb

Find v. t. (past & past part. found; pres. part. finding)

1.

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person. "Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up." "In woods and forests thou art found."

2.

To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. "I find you passing gentle." "The torrid zone is now found habitable."

3.

To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.

(a)

To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.

(b)

To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.

(c)

To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.

(d)

To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. "Seek, and ye shall find." "Every mountain now hath found a tongue."

4.

To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. "Wages £14 and all found." "Nothing a day and find yourself."

5.

To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person. "To find his title with some shows of truth."

To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God?" "We do hope to find out all your tricks."

To find fault with, to blame; to censure.

To find one's self, to be; to fare; often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning?

Find v. i. (past & past part. found; pres. part. finding) (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.

noun

Find n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

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Etymology of 'Find'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... restaurants are largely patronized by disreputable people. Impure women go there to pick up custom, and men to find such companions. Women whose social position is good, do not hesitate to meet their lovers at such places, for there is a great deal of truth in the old adage which tells us that "there's no place so private as a crowded hall." A quiet but close observer will frequently see a nod, or a smile, ...

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... We cannot find the dispatch from Sir George Prevost of the 7th of September, to which the next letter is an answer, but it could not have been of a very pleasing character, and certainly Major-General Brock's implicit obedience to such ...

— The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock • Ferdinand Brock Tupper

... discomfort, just now, there could be no question. He could not find courage to leave his trove and climb the stairs back to his bedroom. Some one might rob him while he slept, and— horror!—he would never even know of how much he had been robbed. The anguish in his leg forbade his standing sentry: the night wanted almost three hours of dawn. Shirt and trousers ...

— Nicky-Nan, Reservist • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)

... similar situation, have uttered such vows, to abjure them when they find themselves face to face with the man who has betrayed them, and whom they love. Maud was not of that order. Certainly she loved dearly the seductive Boleslas, wedded against her parents' will the perfidious one for whom she had sacrificed all, living far from her native land and her family ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... only in childhood. But, on second thought, I wondered if she would risk escape with an unknown white man; if she would not rather face the supreme issue, once and for all, than perhaps be forced into it later by an over-zealous stranger! In her distracted state of mind I feared she would find the rescue too precarious—too easily offering the same danger that beset her now, and lacking her present weapon of defense. Yet if she refused to come—what then? I could always rush the camp, if but to die with her. Having gone over these ...

— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris

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