Find

·vt To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.

II. Find ·vt To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.

III. Find ·vt To attain to; to arrive at; to Acquire.

IV. Find ·vt To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.

V. Find ·vt To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.

VI. Find ·vi To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.

VII. Find ·vt To provide for; to Supply; to Furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.

VIII. Find ·noun Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

IX. Find ·vt 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.

X. Find ·vt 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.

XI. Find ·vt To learn by experience or trial; to Perceive; to Experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to Detect; to Feel.