Definition of find

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Find (v. t.) To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost..

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Finding :: Finding (n.) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury..
Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
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..
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..
Inventor :: Inventor (n.) One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices..
Invention :: Invention (n.) The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing..
Fault :: Fault (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
Detecter :: Detecter (n.) One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector..
Investigate :: Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena..
Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..
Plumming :: Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines..
Present :: Present (a.) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries..
Exegesis :: Exegesis (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.
Backstair :: Backstair (a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
Sure :: Sure (superl.) Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health..
Leveling :: Leveling (n.) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad..
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..
Cavil :: Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
Labyrinth :: Labyrinth (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths..
Retriever :: Retriever (n.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded..
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