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found (fo̵und)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

find

adjective

designating something displayed as a work of art (or presented as a poem) that is actually a natural object or ordinary man-made article (or a fragment of prosaic writing) found by chance, but considered to have aesthetic value

Etymology: ME funden < OE funden, pp. of findan

found Idioms

and found

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Informal with room and board in addition to wages
also Chiefly Brit.all found
found2 definition

found (fo̵und)

transitive verb

  1. to lay the base of; set for support; base a statement founded on facts
  2. to begin to build or organize; bring into being; establish to found a college

Etymology: ME founden < OFr fonder < L fundare < fundus, bottom < IE *bhundhos < base *bhudh- > Sans budhnáḥ, bottom

intransitive verb

Rare to be based (on or upon)
found3 definition

found (fo̵und)

transitive verb

  1. to melt and pour (metal or materials for glass) into a mold
  2. to make by pouring molten metal into a mold; cast

Etymology: ME founden < OFr fondre < L fundere, to pour, melt (metal) < IE base *ĝheu- > OE geotan, Gr cheein, pour

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found Synonyms

found

modif.

  1. Discovered

    unearthed, located, detected; see discovered.

  2. Occurring customarily

    common, native to, characteristic of; see conventional 1.


found

v.

establish, endow, set up; see organize 2.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

found Usage Examples

Object

  • monastery: Possibly born in Wales, he founded the monastery of Louth in Ireland.

Preposition: on

  • principle: The First International was not founded on explicitly communist principles.

Subject

  • Roman: Narbonne, founded by the Romans, is a busy center for the wine trade with good shopping.

Preposition: as

  • monastery: Torre Abbey is Torquay's oldest building and dates back to 1196 when it was founded as a monastery.

Preposition: in

  • reign: This school was founded in the reign of Edward VI ( 1547-1553 ) as a Latin Grammar School.

Preposition: by

  • Roman: Narbonne, founded by the Romans, is a busy center for the wine trade with good shopping.
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found quotes

Eureka, Eureka! (I found it, I found it!).

-Archimedes

In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me,O mine enemy?

-Bible (Old Testament)

There is only the fight to recover what has been lost And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss. For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

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