Definition of find

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Find (v. t.) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means..

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Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach..
Find :: Find (v. t.) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means..
Criticise :: Criticise (v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct..
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..
Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.
Stal :: Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette..
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..
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.
Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Retrieve :: Retrieve (v. t.) To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence..
Blame :: Blame (v. t.) To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
Level :: Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line..
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect..
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..
Ascertain :: Ascertain (v. t.) To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal..
Salable :: Salable (a.) Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.
Finnan Haddie :: Finnan haddie () Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. finan), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock..
Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
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..
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