verb (v)

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of(verb.perception)

  Synonym:
  detect, find, notice, observe
  

  source: wordnet30
• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see
  

  source: wordnet30
• make a discovery, make a new finding(verb.creation)

  Example:
  Roentgen discovered X-rays.
  

  Synonym:
  find
  

  source: wordnet30
• make a discovery(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  The story is false, so far as I can discover.
  

  source: wordnet30
• find unexpectedly(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike
  

  source: wordnet30
• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
  

  source: wordnet30
• see for the first time; make a discovery(verb.perception)

  Example:
  Who discovered the North Pole?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• identify as in botany or biology, for example(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name
  

  source: wordnet30
• To uncover.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To discover or show one's self.(verb)

  source: webster1913