<hw>Fun"da*men`tal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, <as>as, the <ex>fundamentals</ex> of the Christian faith</as>.</def>
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<hw>Fun`da*men"tal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.</def> "<i>Fundamentally</i> defective."
<i>Burke.</i>
<h1>Funded</h1> <Xpage=603>
<hw>Fund"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest; <as>as, <ex>funded</ex> debt</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Invested in public funds; <as>as, funded money</as>.</def>
<h1>Fundholder</h1> <Xpage=603>
<hw>Fund"hold"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>One who has money invested in the public funds.</def>
<i>J. S. Mill.</i>
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<hw>Fund"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Investing in the public funds.</def>
<cs><col>Funding system</col>, <cd>a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt.</cd></cs>
<h1>Funuless</h1> <Xpage=603>
<hw>Funu"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of funds.</def>
<h1>Fundus</h1> <Xpage=603>
<hw>Fun"dus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., bottom.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bottom or base of any hollow organ; <as>as, the <ex>fundus</ex> of the bladder; the <ex>fundus</ex> of the eye.</as></def>
<h1>Funebrial</h1> <Xpage=603>
<hw>Fu*ne"bri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>funebris</ets> belonging to a funeral, fr. <ets>funus</ets> funeral.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>funebral</asp>.]</altsp>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>
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<hw>Fu*ne"bri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Funebrial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Funeral</h1> <Xpage=603>
<hw>Fu"ner*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>funeralia</ets>, prop. neut. pl. of <ets>funeralis</ets> of a funeral, fr. L. <ets>funus</ets>, <ets>funeris</ets>, funeral: cf. F. <ets>fun\'82railles</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural.</def>
<blockquote>King James his <b>funerals</b> were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster. <i>Euller.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.</def> "The long <i>funerals</i>."
<i>Pope.</i>
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