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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
based
adj
  1. having a base; "firmly based ice"
  2. having a base of operations (often used as a combining form); "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Based \Based\, p. p. & a.
      1. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as,
            broad-based.
  
      2. [See {Base}, n., 18-21.] Wearing, or protected by, bases.
            [Obs.] [bd]Based in lawny velvet.[b8] --E. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Base \Base\ (b[amac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Based} (b[amac]sd);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Basing}.] [From {Base}, n.]
      To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to
      found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.
      --Bacon.
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