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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Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Level :: Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line..
Cavil :: Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
Insist :: Insist (v. i.) To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon..
Refind :: Refind (v. t.) To find again; to get or experience again.
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..
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..
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..
Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Backstair :: Backstair (a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..
Enharbor :: Enharbor (v. t.) To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To detect; to discover; to find out.
Fault :: Fault (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
Scent :: Scent (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery..
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..
Lactodensimeter :: Lactodensimeter (n.) A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed..
Refound :: Refound () imp. & p. p. of Refind, v. t..
Ether :: Ether (n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide..
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