Find by searching (6)
I believe the answer is:
locate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">find by searching</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for locate that I've seen before include "Find by searching" , "Fix position of" , "Discover the place where something is" , "Find out where something is" , "Discover the position of something" .)