| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Something that has been discovered: ascertainment, discovery, finding, strike. See TEACH. | | VERB: | 1. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or (upon), come across, come on or (upon), happen on or (upon), light on or (upon), run across, run into, stumble on or (upon), tumble on. Archaic : alight on or (upon). Idioms: meet up with. See MEET. 2. To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study. Also used with out: ascertain, determine, discover, hear, learn. See TEACH. 3. To look for and discover: locate, pinpoint, spot. See GET.
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