Founded

Found \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.
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Found \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.
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            I had else been perfect,
            Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak.
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            A man that all his time
            Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak.
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            It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
                                                  vii. 25.
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   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.
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            There they shall found
            Their government, and their great senate choose.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
        {Predicate}.
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founded \founded\ adj.
   based; -- often used as combining terms; as, well-founded
   suspicions.

   Syn: based.
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