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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Discovery :: Discovery (n.) Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood..
Smither :: Smither (n.) Fragments; atoms; finders.
Crambo :: Crambo (a.) A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme..
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series..
Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
Fault-finder :: Fault-finder (n.) One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
Mensuration :: Mensuration (n.) That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles..
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Inquisition :: Inquisition (n.) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry..
Miss :: Miss (n.) The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc..
Lack :: Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.
Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
Thrid :: Thrid (v. t.) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
Babbler :: Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
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..
Censure :: Censure (n.) The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
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..
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry..
Expiscate :: Expiscate (v. t.) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
Invent :: Invent (v. t.) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine..
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