Found , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding.]
[F.
fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st Bottom, and cf. Founder,
v. i., Fund.] 1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place,
as on something solid, for support; to ground; to
establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
I had else been perfect,
Whole as the marble, founded as the rock.
Shak. A man that all
his time
Hath founded his good fortunes on your love.
Shak. It fell not, for
it was founded on a rock.
Matt. vii.
25. 2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to
found a family.
There they shall found
Their government, and their great senate choose.
Milton. Syn. -- To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.
Found , n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Found , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding.]
[F.
fondre, L. fundere to
found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. "Whereof to found their engines." Milton.
Found (?), imp. & p. p. of
Find.
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