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To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person. To find his title with some shows of truth. Shak. To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand…

Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent. Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. Milton. By one man's firm obediency fully tried. Milton.…

Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.] Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor.

Strength; stability. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Infirm; unstable. "Firmless sands." Sylvester.

Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak. -- Fit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fit"ful*ness, n. The victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.

To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make efinite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. cxii. 7. And…

Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.

In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.

The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.

Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.

To be unstable; to be easily or often moved. And the free soul to flitting air resigned. Dryden.

Unstable; fluttering. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:

Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. Barrow.

To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.] What confederacy have you with the traitors Late footed in the kingdom Shak.

Having a foothold; established. Our king . . . is footed in this land already. Shak.

Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay.

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak.