n.
1. a productive insight
2. the act of discovering something v.
1. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
2. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
3. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
4. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
5. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
6. perceive or be contemporaneous with
7. get something or somebody for a specific purpose
8. make a discovery, make a new finding
9. make a discovery
10. obtain through effort or management
11. decide on and make a declaration about
12. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
13. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
14. get or find back; recover the use of
15. succeed in reaching; arrive at
16. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation