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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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Found (?), imp. & p. p. of Find.

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Found, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. “Whereof to found their engines.”  Milton.

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Found, n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

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Found, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.

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I had else been perfect,

Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak.

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A man that all his time

Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. Shak.

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It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Matt. vii. 25.

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2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, “to found a college; to found a family.”

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There they shall found

Their government, and their great senate choose. Milton.

Syn. -- To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.

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