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FOUND, pret. and pp. of find. I am found of them that sought me not. Is. 65.FOUND, v.t. [L. fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to set, found, erect.] 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, v.t. [L. fundo, fudi, fusum.] 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.]
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FOUND, pret. and pp. of find. I am found of them that sought me not. Is. 65.FOUND, v.t. [L. fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to set, found, erect.] 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, v.t. [L. fundo, fudi, fusum.] 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.] |
FOUND, pp. [and pret. of find.]- I am found by them that sought me not. Is. lxv.
- Supplied with food, or board, in addition to wages.
FOUND, v.t. [L. fundo, fundare; Fr. foader; It. fondare; Sp. fundar; Ir. bun, stump, bottom, stock, origin; bunadhu, bunait, foundation. If n is radical in found, as I suppose, it seems to be the Ar. بَنَا bana, Heb. Ch. בנה, to build, that is, to set, found, erect. Class Bn, No. 7.]- 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. Matth. vii.
- To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city.
- To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty.
- To begin to form or lay the basis; as, to found a college or a library. Sometimes to endow is equivalent to found.
- To give birth to; to originate; as, to found an art or a family.
- 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. Locke.
- To fix firmly.
I had else been perfect / Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak.
FOUND, v.t. [L. fundo, fudi, fusum; Fr. fondre; Sp. fundir, or hundir; It. fondere. The elements are probably Fd; n being adventitious.]To cast; to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mold. Milton. [This verb is seldom used, but the derivative foundery is in common use. For found we use cast.] |
Found
- imp. *** p. p. of
Find.
- To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold]
to cast.
- A thin, single-cut file
for combmakers.
- 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.
- 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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Found FOUND, preterit tense and participle passive of find. I am found of them that sought me not. Isaiah 65:1. FOUND, verb transitive [Latin fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to set, found erect.] 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. Matthew 7:25. 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 transitive [Latin fundo, fudi, fusum.] 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.] |
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