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.
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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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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.

    From Wiktionary

  • ME funden < OE funden, pp. of findan

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French fondre.

    From Wiktionary

  • see find.

    From Wiktionary

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