Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Find"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Find \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.
fin?an; 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 [pounds]14 and all found. --London
Times.
Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
find
n 1: a productive insight [syn: {discovery}, {breakthrough}]
2: the act of discovering something [syn: {discovery}, {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: {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},
{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: {regain}] [ant: {lose}]
4: 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 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: {feel}]
6: perceive with any or all of one's senses; "We found
Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of
cheating in this school"; give rise to or be characterized
by; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation
against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
[syn: {witness}, {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}]
8: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered
X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary
particle" [syn: {discover}]
9: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The
story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: {discover}]
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}]
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}, {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}, {regain}]
15: succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow 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}]
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