FIND, v.t. pret. and pp. found. [L. venio; but in sense, with invenio. The primary sense is to come to, to rush, to fall on, to meet, to set on.]

1. Literally, to come to; to meet; hence, to discover by the eye; to gain first sight or knowledge of something lost; to recover either by searching for it or by accident: Doth she not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek dilligently, till she find it? and when she hath found it – Luke xv.
2. To meet; to discover something not before seen or known. He saith to him, we have found the Messiah. John i.
3. To obtain by seeking. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find. Matth. vii.
4. To meet with. In woods and forests thou an found. Cowley.
5. To discover or know by experience. The torrid zone is now found habitable. Cowley.
6. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at. Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth life, and few there be that find it. Matth. vii.
7. To discover by study, experiment or trial. Air and water are found to be compound substances. Alchimists long attempted to find the philosopher's stone, but it is not yet found.
8. To gain; to have; as, to find leisure for a visit.
9. To perceive; to observe; to learn. I found his opinions to accord with my own.
10. To catch; to detect. When first found in a lie, talk to him of it as a strange monstrous thing. Locke. In this sense, find is usually followed by out.
11. To meet. In ills their business and their glory find. Cowley.
12. To have; to experience; to enjoy. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure. Is. viii.
13. To select; to choose; to designate. I have found David my servant. Ps. lxxxix.
14. To discover and declare the truth of disputed facts; to come to a conclusion and decide between parties, as a jury. The jury find a verdict for the plaintif or defendant. They find the accused to be guilty.
15. To determine and declare by verdict. The jury have found a large sum in damages for the plaintif.
16. To establish or pronounce charges alledged to be true. The grand jury have found a bill against the accused, or they find a true bill.
17. To supply; to furnish. Who will find the money or provisions for this expedition? We will find ourselves with provisions and clothing.
18. To discover or gain knowledge of by touching or by sounding. We first sounded and found bottom at the depth of ninety-five fathoms on the Sole bank. N. W. To find one's self, to be; to fare in regard to ease or pain, health or sickness. Pray, sir, how do you find yourself this morning. To find in, to supply; to furnish to provide. He finds his nephew in money, victuals and clothes. To find out, to invent; to discover something before unknown. A man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold – and to find out every device. 2 Chron. ii. #2. To unriddle; to solve; as, to find out the meaning of a parable or an enigma. #3. To discover; to obtain knowledge of what is hidden; as, to find out a secret. #4. To understand; to comprehend. Canst thou by searching find out God? Job xi. #5. To detect; to discover; to bring to light; as, to find out a thief or a theft; to find out a trick. To find fault with, to blame; to censure.

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 determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
   
   
   Burrill.
3. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
4. 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.

5. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
   
   
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6. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
   
   

   Wages 㾺 and all found. London Times.

   Nothing a day and find yourself. Dickens.

7. 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.
   
   

   To find his title with some shows of truth. Shak.

   To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God?" Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." Milton. -- To find fault with, to blame; to censure. -- To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning?