| find | 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. "Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up." (Shak) "In woods and forests thou art found." (Cowley) 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." "The torrid zone is now found habitable." (Cowley) 3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. "Seek, and ye shall find." (Matt. Vii. 7) "Every mountain now hath found a tongue." (Byron) 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. "Wages |
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| finder | <astronomy> One who, or that which, finds; specifically, a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| finding | 1. That which is found, come upon, or provided; especially. (pl), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc. "When a man hath been laboring . . . In the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage." (Milton) 2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision. 3. The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury. "After his friends finding and his rent." (Chaucer) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |