01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Find.
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5 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Found
/found/
· IPA /faʊnd/
02 v. t. To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
imp. & p. p.
Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding
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To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
03 n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
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A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
04 v. t. 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 …
imp. & p. p.
Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding
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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.
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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.