Find

find
    n 1: a productive insight [syn: {discovery}, {breakthrough},
         {find}]
    2: the act of discovering something [syn: {discovery}, {find},
       {uncovering}]
    v 1: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
         in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
         very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
         in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {happen},
         {chance}, {bump}, {encounter}]
    2: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
       "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We
       found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: {detect}, {observe},
       {find}, {discover}, {notice}]
    3: come upon after searching; find the location of something
       that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I
       cannot find my gloves!" [syn: {find}, {regain}] [ant: {lose}]
    4: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment,
       survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The
       physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
       [syn: {determine}, {find}, {find out}, {ascertain}]
    5: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or
       indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find
       him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
       [syn: {find}, {feel}]
    6: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans
       winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this
       school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger
       generation against established traditions"; "I want to see
       results" [syn: {witness}, {find}, {see}]
    7: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found
       this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold
       of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold
       of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
       [syn: {line up}, {get hold}, {come up}, {find}]
    8: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered
       X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary
       particle" [syn: {discover}, {find}]
    9: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The
       story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: {discover},
       {find}]
    10: obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and
        energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the
        money to send our sons to college"
    11: decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone
        guilty" [syn: {rule}, {find}]
    12: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
        civilization do not find expression or receive an
        interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got
        nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: {receive},
        {get}, {find}, {obtain}, {incur}]
    13: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I
        found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he
        found himself in a hospital room"
    14: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
        of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn:
        {recover}, {retrieve}, {find}, {regain}]
    15: succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"
    16: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and
        situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" [syn:
        {find oneself}, {find}]
    

Find \Find\ (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS.
   & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna,
   Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr.
   pi`ptein 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.
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            Searching the window for a flint, I found
            This paper, thus sealed up.           --Shak.
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            In woods and forests thou art found.  --Cowley.
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   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.
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            The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley.
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   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.
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                Seek, and ye shall find.          --Matt. vii.
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                Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron.
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   4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food
      for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
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            Wages [pounds]14 and all found.       --London
                                                  Times.
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            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.
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            To find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak.
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   {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 \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 \Find\, n.
   Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially,
   a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of
   prehistoric or unknown origin.
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