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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bottom \Bot"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottomed} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bottoming}.]
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1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; --
followed by on or upon.
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Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle.
--Atterbury.
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Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many
bottom their eternal state]. --South.
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2. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
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3. To reach or get to the bottom of. --Smiles.
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