To discover or obtain by searching. transitive. Also with indirect object indicating the person for whom something is sought.

transitive. To find (in various senses).

transitive. To come upon, light upon, meet with, get at, reach, find, esp. something aimed at. with material object. Frequently in modern (esp…

transitive. To find, discover.

transitive. To find out. (In later use chiefly poetic.)

transitive. To ascertain, find out (something doubtful, obscure, or secret) by search or examination; to sift out. Usually to try out. Obsolete.

transitive. To come upon by searching or inquiry; to discover (something hidden). Also in extended use. Cf. sense 9a(a). Obsolete.

transitive. To discover by search. Now chiefly English regional (East Anglian).

transitive. = descry, v.1: to cry out upon on discovering; hence to espy, discover; to proclaim, denounce, publish, inform upon.

transitive. To divulge; to discover.

transitive. To come upon, find; to find out, discover. (Obsolete except in reference to the Invention of the Cross n. at invention, n. 1b)

transferred. To discover or discern. Obsolete. rare.

To succeed in attaining or getting at or upon. (Said esp. of striking the scent in hunting.)

gen. To obtain sight or knowledge of or become aware of (a thing or person previously unknown or… transitive. With simple object.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to scare up: to frighten (game) out of cover; (hence) figurative to bring to light, to discover; to…

transitive. To come upon, find, discern (a path, etc.); to recover, regain, resume (a track, trail, etc., that has been lost or departed from).

slang (chiefly British). Cf. rumble, n.1 6. transitive. To see through; to get to the bottom of; to discover or detect. Also with subordinate clause…