Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To seek (to do a thing); try; endeavor: followed by an infinitive.
- To prove; test; examine.
- To tempt; entice (to do evil).
- An old preterit of
find .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
find .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb simple past of
find . - verb transitive To
seek (to do a thing);try ;attempt ;endeavour ; make a shift. - verb transitive To
test ;examine ; make atrial of;prove . - verb transitive To put someone through a trial;
test ;tempt ;entice .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bottom of the Mobille confifts ofi a black clay; that of the fouth-eaft branch of the Miffif - lippi of a whitifh clay with a fmall mixture of fine •fand; and that at the fea mark is likewife of a whitifh clay, but entirely def - titute of fand.
Travels round the world, in the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1791
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Keine sehr große Überraschung, da ich auch alle anderen Bände der Psy/Changeling-Serie toll fand.
Archive 2009-07-01 Nalini Singh 2009
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Pitty the bosses seem to be such monty python fand these days and insist on making it look like the “Ministry for silly policing”.
The Italian Job « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Keine sehr große Überraschung, da ich auch alle anderen Bände der Psy/Changeling-Serie toll fand.
Guest Author: Michelle Raven Nalini Singh 2009
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Ich fand dieses Video und auch diese Seite über einen Link aus Star Trek Phase II und nachdem ich diese Kostprobe gesehn habe, freue ich mich umso mehr auf die kommenden Episoden mit Animationen wie diesen!
Fedcon 2009 Opening Ceremony Star Trek Animation on Vimeo 2010
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Fox News cites one former Bush official who slammed the approach as "de facto amnesty," accusing the Obama administration of "turning a blind eye to entire categories of aliens" fand failing to arrest and deport the illegal immigrants who turn up on these workplace audits.
How Obama is firing immigrant workers -- but not deporting them 2010
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Seine Frau fand das Rezept zum ersten Mal ihr Ehemann, und die Pillen selbst.
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Seine Frau fand das Rezept zum ersten Mal ihr Ehemann, und die Pillen selbst.
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“Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.”
The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000
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“Nelli Neumann fand die Mathematik einfacher als den Haushalt (Studienzeit in Göttingen, III).”
Nelly Neumann. 2009
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