3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Find \Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found}; p. pr & vb n.
{Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS & OHG.
findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw finna, Goth.
fin?an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr ? to fall, Skr.
pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
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.'' --Shak.
The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley.
3. To come upon by seeking; as to find something lost.
a To discover by sounding; as to find bottom.
b To discover by study or experiment direct to an object
or end as water is found to be a compound substance.
c To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as to
find leisure; to find means
d 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 [pounds]14 and all found --London
Times.
Nothing a day and find yourself --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finding \Find"ing\, n.
1. That which is found come upon or provided; esp. (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. (Law) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry,
especially into some matter of fact a verdict; as the
finding of a jury. --Burrill.
After his friends finding and his rent. --Chaucer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
finding
n 1: the act of determining the properties of something [syn: {determination}]
2: the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
3: something that is found "the findings in the
gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours
after dinner"; "an area rich in archaelogical findings"
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