find

1. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. Source: opted

3. v. t. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. Source: opted

4. v. t. To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. Source: opted

5. v. t. To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. Source: opted

6. v. t. To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. Source: opted

7. v. t. To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. Source: opted

8. v. t. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. Source: opted

9. v. t. 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. Source: opted

10. v. i. To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. Source: opted

11. n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. Source: opted

12. n. a productive insight Source: wordnet

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