Definition of find

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Find (v. t.) 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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Fault :: Fault (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
Miss :: Miss (n.) The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc..
Way-wise :: Way-wise (a.) Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
Find :: Find (v. t.) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance..
Find :: Find (v. t.) To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money..
Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, No bill, No true bill, or Not found, though in some jurisdictions Ignored is still used..
Search :: Search (v. t.) The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal..
Problem :: Problem (n.) Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity..
Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..
Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Fand :: Fand () imp. of Find.
Detect :: Detect (v. t.) To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account..
Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
Encouragement :: Encouragement (n.) That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people..
Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of..
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