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Befind

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To find; discover. archaic, transitive

    "It is well that the thinker should give his thoughts to the world, though it must be admitted that wisdom befinds itself sometimes in the reverse of the sage's pronouncement."

  2. 2
    To invent; contrive. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To be found; be. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English befinden, bifinden, equivalent to be- + find. Cognate with Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located, befind”), Dutch bevinden (“to find”), German befinden (“to be, be located”), Swedish befinna (“to find, be”).

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