The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
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To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
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To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
Seek, and ye shall find.
--Matt. vii. 7.Every mountain now hath found a tongue.
--Byron.
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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.
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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?
Usage examples of "to find out".
One of the techniques we use to find out how low the vendor will go is to offer a price a little below the lowest price at which we believe that anyone has purchased the item.
Not being able myself to find out all that had been written on this subject in successive editions of Kant's works and in various articles scattered about in German philosophical journals, I had the good fortune to secure the help of Dr.
But why does he leave me to find out all this by myself - for I don't include you, Nightspore.
I'd like to find out so that we'll have a better idea what to expect in case the same situation reoc.
But there was only one way to find out, so he drew a throwing knife and approached the door in a crouch.
There would be time enough later to find out the meaning of the horrifying events that he had witnessed.
There were some others, too, a third of the planet away on field studies, who had yet to find out.
Shouldn't be hard to find out which of the three remaining outlaws owned it.
All in all, it had been a good time, despite the unrelenting workload and the sense that, apsimons or no, their supply of diet supplements was steadily dwindling, but now it was time to find out if the new companies and regiments would be used as planned, or if it had all been for naught.
Since we don't know the nature of the trouble on Prism, we have to send in a generalist to find out what's going on before we can decide how best to rectify it.
But there was only one way to find out how bad it really was, so Roger calculated the wind, let out a breath, and squeezed the trigger.