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   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. finþan; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. πίπτειν to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
   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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   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.”
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   The torrid zone is now found habitable.
   Cowley.
   
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   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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   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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   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.
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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.” 
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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.]
   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.
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   A man that all his time
   Hath founded his good fortunes on your love.
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   It fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
   Matt. vii. 25.
   
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   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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