Find /(fīnd)/

Find

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Found; p. pr. & vb. n. Finding

  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.
    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.
    The torrid zone is now found habitable.
    — Cowley.
  3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
    Seek, and ye shall find.
    — Matt. vii. 7.
    Every mountain now hath found a tongue.
  4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
    Wages £14 and all found.
    — London Times.
    Nothing a day and find yourself.
  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.
    To find his title with some shows of truth.

Phrases & Compounds
To find out
to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand.
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?

Find

v. i.
  1. To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. (Law)

Find

n.
  1. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.