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verb Find v. t. (past & past part. found; pres. part. finding) 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." "In woods and forests thou art found." 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." "The torrid zone is now found habitable." 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." "Every mountain now hath found a tongue." 4.To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. "Wages £14 and all found." "Nothing a day and find yourself." 5.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." 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?" "We do hope to find out all your tricks." 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?
Found v. t. (past & past part. founded; pres. part. founding) To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. "Whereof to found their engines."
Found v. t. (past & past part. founded; pres. part. founding) 1.To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. "I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock." "A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love." "It fell not, for it was founded on a rock." 2.To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family. "There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose." Synonyms: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.
Find v. i. (past & past part. found; pres. part. finding) (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
Found v. Imp. & p. p. of Find.
noun Found n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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