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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Founding \Found"ing\, n.
The art of smelting and casting metals.
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founding
n : the act of starting something for the first time;
introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
introduction" [syn: initiation, foundation, institution,
origination, creation, innovation, introduction,
instauration]
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