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<hw>Found</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Find</er>.</def>

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<hw>Found</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Founded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Founding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>fondre</ets>, L. <ets>fundere</ets> to found, pour.]</ety> <def>To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.</def> "Whereof to <i>found</i> their engines."

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Found</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.</def>

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<hw>Found</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Founded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Founding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>fonder</ets>, L. <ets>fundare</ets>, fr. <ets>fundus</ets> bottom. See 1st <er>Bottom</er>, and cf. <er>Founder</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, <er>Fund</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, <b>founded</b> as the rock. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A man that all his time Hath <b>founded</b> his good fortunes on your love. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It fell not, for it was <b>founded</b> on a rock. <i>Matt. vii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>found</ex> a college; to <ex>found</ex> a family.</as></def>

<blockquote>There they shall <b>found</b> Their government, and their great senate choose. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See <er>Predicate</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Foun*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fondation</ets>, L. <ets>fundatio</ets>. See <er>Found</er> to establish.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.</def>

<blockquote>Behold, I lay in Zion, for a <b>foundation</b>, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure <b>foundation</b>. <i>Is. xxviii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>foundation</b> of a free common wealth. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see <cref>Base course</cref> <sd>(a)</sd>, under <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.</def>

<blockquote>He was entered on the <b>foundation</b> of Westminster. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.</def>

<blockquote>Against the canon laws of our <b>foundation</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Foundation course</col>. <cd>See <cref>Base course</cref>, under <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>Foundation muslin</col>, <cd>an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.</cd> -- <col>Foundation school</col>, <cd>in England, an endowed school.</cd> -- <col>To be on a foundation</col>, <cd>to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Foun*da"tion*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>