Found Definition

found

founded, founding, founds

verb

founded, founding, founds

To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence.

The college was founded in 1872.

American Heritage

Find.

Webster's New World

To be based (on or upon)

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To lay the base of; set for support; base.

A statement founded on facts.

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To begin to build or organize; bring into being; establish.

To found a college.

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adjective

Designating or of an object displayed as or as part of a work of art, that is a natural object or an ordinary man-made article.

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lost

noun

(law) Abbreviation of foundation.

Wiktionary

Food and lodging, board.

1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:I'll only give you the usual payment--say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And--what?" / "Found--that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.

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A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

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idiom

and found

with room and board in addition to wages

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Found

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Origin of Found

Middle English founden from Old French fonder from Latin fundāre from fundus bottom

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English founden from Old French fondre from Latin fundere gheu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman founder (French: fonder), from Latin fundare.

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ME funden < OE funden, pp. of findan

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
From Middle French fondre.

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see find.

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