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   Find (fīnd), 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. finþan; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. πίπτειν 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. 7.
   
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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 £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 (?), 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 archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
   
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