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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] 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. [1913 Webster] Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. --Shak. [1913 Webster] In woods and forests thou art found. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Seek, and ye shall find. --Matt. vii. 7. [1913 Webster] Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. [1913 Webster] Wages [pounds]14 and all found. --London Times. [1913 Webster] Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {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? [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Find \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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Find \Find\, n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: find n 1: a productive insight [syn: {discovery}, {breakthrough}, {find}] 2: the act of discovering something [syn: {discovery}, {find}, {uncovering}] v 1: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {happen}, {chance}, {bump}, {encounter}] 2: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: {detect}, {observe}, {find}, {discover}, {notice}] 3: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" [syn: {find}, {regain}] [ant: {lose}] 4: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn: {determine}, {find}, {find out}, {ascertain}] 5: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" [syn: {find}, {feel}] 6: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: {witness}, {find}, {see}] 7: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" [syn: {line up}, {get hold}, {come up}, {find}] 8: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" [syn: {discover}, {find}] 9: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: {discover}, {find}] 10: obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college" 11: decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" [syn: {rule}, {find}] 12: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: {receive}, {get}, {find}, {obtain}, {incur}] 13: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room" 14: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: {recover}, {retrieve}, {find}, {regain}] 15: succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" 16: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" [syn: {find oneself}, {find}]