*find*

v. t. [ L. diffindere, diffissum; dif- = dis- + findere to split. ] To split. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts; as, a fact-finding committee.
Syn. -- investigative, investigatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. finþan; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi`ptein 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Searching the window for a flint, I found
This paper, thus sealed up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In woods and forests thou art found. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The torrid zone is now found habitable. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek, and ye shall find. Matt. vii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every mountain now hath found a tongue. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wages £14 and all found. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing a day and find yourself. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To find his title with some shows of truth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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? [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being found; discoverable. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily, called also a finder telescope or finder scope. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Micros.) A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A censurer or caviler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. [ Obs. ] Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

After his friends finding and his rent. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. finding heavy; cf. Dan. fyndig strong, energetical, fynd strength, energy, emphasis. ] Full; heavy; firm; solid; substantial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A cold May and a windy
Makes the barn fat and findy. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker. J. Burroughs. [ 1913 Webster ]