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Pronunciation : Found
Definition : Defn: imp. & p. p. of Find.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Found
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
Definition : Defn: To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. "Whereof to found their engines." Milton.
t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Found
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Found
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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