Find (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. finan; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
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.
Shak.
In woods and forests thou art found.
Cowley.
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."
Shak.
The torrid zone is now found habitable.
Cowley.
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.
Matt. vii. 7.
Every mountain now hath found a tongue.
Byron.
4.
To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
Wages �x9c;14 and all found.
London Times.
Nothing a day and find yourself.
Dickens.
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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.
Shak.
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?" Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." Milton. -- 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?
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Find (?), v. i. Law
To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
Burrill.
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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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