Verb

(communicat)

To impart

# To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) (to) someone; to make known, to tell.

It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

# To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

to communicate motion by means of a crank

#* Jeremy Taylor

Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.

# To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.

The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.

To share

# (obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.

We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.

#* Ben Jonson

thousands that communicate our loss

# (Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.

#* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 148:

The ‘better sort’ might communicate on a separate day; and in some parishes even the quality of the communion wine varied with the social quality of the recipients.

# (Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).

#* Jeremy Taylor

She [the church] may communicate him.

# To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

Many deaf people communicate with sign language.

I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.

# To be connected (with) (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel.

The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.

Verb

To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

* Shakespeare

Searching the window for a flint, I found / This paper, thus sealed up.

* Cowley

In woods and forests thou art found .

To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

*

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* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 25, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC

, title= Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1) , passage=Van Persie scored a hat-trick against Wigan on Saturday and should have found' the net again after Bendtner ' found him at the far post but the Dutchman's header rebounded to safety off the crossbar.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.}}

To point out.

To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.

* Shakespeare

I find you passing gentle.

* Cowley

The torrid zone is now found habitable.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes

To determine or judge.

To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.

to find''' a verdict; to '''find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person

* Shakespeare

to find his title with some shows of truth

To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.

Water is found to be a compound substance.

To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

to find''' leisure; to '''find means

To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

Looks like he found himself a new vehicle!

After a long flight, I now find myself in San Francisco.

(archaic) To provide for; to supply; to furnish.

to find food for workmen

He finds his nephew in money.

* London Times

Wages £14 and all found .

* Charles Dickens

Nothing a day and find yourself.