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English Dictionary: found	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
found adj come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" Antonym(s): lost n food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found" v set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] Antonym(s): abolish, get rid of set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" Synonym(s): establish, found, plant, constitute, institute use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" Synonym(s): establish, base, ground, found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Find \Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[?]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. [?] to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.] 1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person. Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. --Shak. In woods and forests thou art found. --Cowley. 2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. [bd]I find you passing gentle.[b8] --Shak. The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley. 3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. Seek, and ye shall find. --Matt. vii. 7. Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron. 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. Wages [9c]14 and all found. --London Times. Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. [bd]Whereof to found their engines.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Found \Found\, imp. & p. p. of {Find}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Found \Found\, n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st {Bottom}, and cf. {Founder}, v. i., {Fund}.] 1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak. A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt. vii. 25. 2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family. There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. --Milton. Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See {Predicate}.