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Webster 1913 Edition
Found
Found
,imp.
& p.
p.
Find
. Found
,Verb.
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
,Noun.
A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Found
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Founded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding
.] 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,
Whole as the marble,
founded
as the rock. Shakespeare
A man that all his time
Hath
Hath
founded
his good fortunes on your love. Shakespeare
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.
Syn. – To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
Predicate
. Webster 1828 Edition
Found
FOUND
, pret. and pp. of find.I am found of them that sought me not. Is. 65.
FOUND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lay the basis of any thing; to set, or place, as on something solid for support.It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Matt. 7.
2.
To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city.3.
To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty.4.
To begin; to form or lay the basis; as, to found a college or a library. Sometimes to endow is equivalent to found.5.
To give birth to; to originate; as, to found an art or a family.6.
To set; to place; to establish on a basis. Christianity is founded on the rock of ages. Dominion is sometimes founded on conquest; sometimes on choice or voluntary consent.Power, founded on contract, can descend only to him who has right by that contract.
7.
To fix firmly.I had else been perfect, whole as the marble, founded as the rock.
FOUND
,Verb.
T.
To cast; to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mold.
[This verb is seldom used, but the derivative foundry is in common use. for found we use cast.]
Definition 2024
found
found
See also: Found.
English
Noun
found
- Food and lodging, board.
Verb
found
- simple past tense and past participle of find
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman founder (French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Confer with fund.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded)
- To begin building.
- To start some type of organization or company.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …”
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Conjugation
Conjugation of found
| infinitive | (to) found | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | found | founded | ||
| 2nd person singular | found, foundest1 |
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| 3rd person singular | founds, foundeth1 |
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| plural | found | |||
| subjunctive | found | |||
| imperative | found | — | ||
| participles | founding | founded | ||
| 1) Archaic or obsolete. | ||||
Related terms
Synonyms
- (to start organization): establish
Antonyms
Translations
to begin building
|
|
to start organization
|
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References
- Oxford Online Dictionary, found
- WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University
Etymology 3
Borrowing from Middle French fondre, from Latin fundere.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded)
- (transitive) To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
- (transitive) To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
- Milton
- Whereof to found their engines.
- Milton
Related terms
Translations
melt — see melt
Etymology 4
Noun
found (plural founds)