Definition of find

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Find (v. t.) 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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Find :: Find (v. t.) To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean..
Scold :: Scold (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant..
Comet-finder :: Comet-finder (n.) Alt. of Comet- seeke.
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..
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense..
Nagging :: Nagging (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache..
Inquisition :: Inquisition (n.) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..
Point :: Point (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer..
Found :: Found () imp. & p. p. of Find.
Eureka :: Eureka () The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out Eureka! eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery..
Finding :: Finding (n.) That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc..
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..
Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon..
Surveyal :: Survey (n.) The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it..
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To detect; to discover; to find out.
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
Cul-de-sac :: Cul-de-sac (n.) a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
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