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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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To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to
experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to
feel. |
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To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. |
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To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. |
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To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or
end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. |
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To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find
leisure; to find means. |
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To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. |
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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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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 determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a
determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. |
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Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially,
a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or
unknown origin. |
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