I.
past of find
II. ˈfau̇nd noun
( -s )
: free food and lodging in addition to wages
they're paid $175 a month and found — New Yorker
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English founden, from Old French fonder, from Latin fundare, from fundus bottom — more at bottom
transitive verb
1. : to take the first steps or measures in building : build for the first time
founded palaces and planted bowers — Matthew Prior
2. : to lay the base or foundation of : set on something solid for support
the winds blew and beat upon that house but it did not fall because it had been founded on the rock — Mt 7:25 (Revised Standard Version)
3. : to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance : originate , initiate
this school was founded by a bequest of … $1,250,000 — C.W.Dabney
he had founded prizes and scholarships and endowed hospital beds and charities — Osbert Lancaster
4.
a. : to establish on a firm basis : fix firmly
the single vital principle on which the true republic must found itself … is the principle of goodwill — V.L.Parrington
all his imaginative work is founded on personal reminiscences of actual incidents and people — R.W.Stallman
b. : to serve as a basis for
is enough to found my notion of their having … the relation of brothers — John Locke
intransitive verb
: to have a foundation : depend — used with on or upon
all delineation … must either found on belief and provable fact or have no foundation at all — Thomas Carlyle
Synonyms:
establish , institute , organize : found applies to the first steps, usually the devising of the project or providing funds for it, taken to set up a business, colony, institution, city, or the like
a lottery by which $40,000 was raised to found the College of Medicine — American Guide Series: Maryland
the Conservatory of Music, founded by two distinguished dancers from Latvia — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development
founding a race, a whole descent, a whole line … which had gone on unbroken since before the time of William the Conqueror — Louis Bromfield
the baronet looked down on the generous future he thus founded — George Meredith
establish usually adds to found the idea of bringing into enduring existence
the power which in 1644 established itself as the Ch'ing dynasty in Peking — C.A.Fisher
follows a route to California established by James Beckwourth — American Guide Series: Nevada
to establish a business
institute stresses an origination, a taking of the first steps in establishing something, but applies more widely than found or establish , for it comprises things that do and things that do not have a long life, as, respectively, a method of teaching and a course of lectures
the office of prime minister was formally instituted in the Gold Coast — Americana Annual
institute the first large-scale reforestation project in the U.S. — American Guide Series: North Carolina
the act provided that no appeal could be instituted at a time later than twenty-eight days after the date upon which the magistrate made his decision or order
organize can imply founding but stresses the steps taken to establish also a proper functioning of something, as by the establishing of a separation and interrelationship of necessary operations or responsibilities
he determined to take upon his own shoulders the responsibility of organizing some amusements — Thomas Hardy
a small class of 15 children was organized — American Guide Series: Minnesota
he organized the Harmonia Society and presented Haydn's The Seasons — American Guide Series: New York
the development of trade had been well begun before the town itself was organized — American Guide Series: Louisiana
Synonym: see in addition base .
IV. ˈfün(d) noun
( -s )
Scotland : base , foundation
V. ˈfau̇nd transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English founden to mix, from Middle French fondre to mix, pour, melt, from Latin fundere to found, pour; akin to Old English gēotan to pour, Old High German giozzan to pour, Old Norse gjōta to bring forth (young), Gothic giutan to pour, Greek chein to pour, Sanskrit juhoti he pours into the fire, sacrifices
1.
a. : to melt (metal) and pour into a mold
b. : to make (a metal object) in this way : cast
2.
a. : to cause (ingredients for making glass) to melt or fuse
b. : to make (glass) by this method
VI. noun
( -s )
archaic : an act or process of founding : casting