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–verb
1.pt. and pp. of find.
2.equipped, outfitted, or furnished: He bought a new boat, fully found.
–adjective
3.British. provided or furnished without additional charge, as to a tenant; included within the price, rent, etc. (often used postpositively): Room to let, laundry found.
–noun
4.something that is provided or furnished without charge, esp. meals given a domestic: Maid wanted, good salary and found.
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–verb (used with object)
1.to set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence: to found a new publishing company.
2.to lay the lowest part of (a structure) on a firm base or ground: a house founded on solid rock.
3.to base or ground (usually fol. by on or upon): a story founded on fact.
4.to provide a basis or ground for.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME founden < OF fonder < L fundāre, deriv. of fundus bottom, foundation]

1. organize, inaugurate, institute, originate.
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–verb (used with object)
1.to melt and pour (metal, glass, etc.) into a mold.
2.to form or make (an article) of molten material in a mold; cast.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME fonden < MF fondre to melt, cast < L fundere to pour, melt, cast]
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1.to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
2.to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment; to find happiness.
3.to locate or recover (something lost or misplaced): I can't find my blue socks.
4.to discover or perceive after consideration: to find something to be true.
5.to gain or regain the use of: His anger finally helped him find his tongue.
6.to ascertain by study or calculation: to find the sum of several numbers.
7.to feel or perceive: He finds it so.
8.to become aware of, or discover (oneself), as being in a condition or location: After a long illness, he found himself well again. She woke to find herself at home.
9.to discover: Columbus found America in 1492.
10.Law.
a.to determine after judicial inquiry: to find a person guilty.
b.to pronounce as an official act (an indictment, verdict, or judgment).
11.to provide or furnish: Bring blankets and we'll find the rest of the equipment for the trip.
12.South Midland and Southern U.S. (of farm animals) to give birth to: The brown cow found a calf yesterday.
–verb (used without object)
13.to determine an issue after judicial inquiry: The jury found for the plaintiff.
14.British Hunting. to come upon game.
–noun
15.an act of finding or discovering.
16.something found; a discovery, esp. a valuable or gratifying one: Our cook was a find.
17.Hunting. a discovery of game, esp. foxes.
18.find out,
a.to discover or confirm the truth of (something).
b.to detect or expose, as a crime or offense.
c.to uncover the true nature, identity, or intentions of (someone): They found him out before he could launch the rebellion.
19.find fault. fault (def. 16).
20.find oneself, to discover where one's real interests or talents lie, and follow them: After trying many occupations, he finally found himself and became an account executive.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME finden, OE findan; c. G finden, D vinden, ON finna, Goth finthan]

find·a·ble, adjective

2. achieve, win, earn, acquire.
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v.   found (found), find·ing, finds

v.   tr.
  1. To come upon, often by accident; meet with.
  2. To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort: found the leak in the pipe.
  3. To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter.
    1. To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
    2. To experience or feel: found comfort in her smile.
    3. To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
    4. To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition: found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.
  4. To recover (something lost): found her keys.
  5. To recover the use of; regain: found my voice and replied.
  6. To succeed in reaching; arrive at: The dart found its mark.
  7. To obtain or acquire by effort: found the money by economizing.
  8. To decide on and make a declaration about: The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty. All the jurors found him guilty.
  9. To furnish; supply.
    1. To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
    2. To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition: found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.

v.   intr.
To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant.

n.  
  1. The act of finding.
  2. Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find.

Phrasal Verb(s):
find out
  1. To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry: I found out the phone number by looking it up. If you're not sure, find out.
  2. To detect the true nature or character of; expose: Liars risk being found out.
  3. To detect and apprehend; catch: Most embezzlers are found out in the end.

[Middle English finden, from Old English findan; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]

find'a·ble adj.
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tr.v.   found·ed, found·ing, founds
  1. To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence: The college was founded in 1872.
  2. To establish the foundation or basis of; base: found a theory on firm evidence.


[Middle English founden, from Old French fonder, from Latin fundāre, from fundus, bottom.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to bring something into existence and set it in operation: founded a colony; created a trust fund; establishing a business; instituted an annual benefit concert; organizing a field trip.

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tr.v.   found·ed, found·ing, founds
  1. To melt (metal) and pour into a mold.
  2. To make (objects) by pouring molten material into a mold.


[Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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v.   Past tense and past participle of find.

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found  (1)
"establish," c.1290, from O.Fr. founder, from L. fundare "to lay the bottom or foundation of something," from fundus "bottom, foundation" (see fund (n.)).

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"cast metal," c.1390, from M.Fr. fondre "pour out, melt, mix together," from O.Fr. fondre, from L. fundere "melt, cast, pour out," from PIE *gheud-, from root *gheu- "to pour" (cf. Goth. giutan, O.E. geotan "to pour").

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found

adjective
1. come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" [ant: lost

noun
1. food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found" 

verb
1. set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish] [ant: abolish
2. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish
3. use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish

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found1 [faund] verb
to start or establish
Example: The school was founded by the king.
Arabic: يُؤسِّس
Chinese (Simplified): 创办
Chinese (Traditional): 創辦
Czech: zřídit, založit
Danish: grundlægge; oprette
Dutch: strichten
Estonian: rajama
Finnish: perustaa
French: fonder
German: gründen
Greek: ιδρύω, θεμελιώνω
Hungarian: alapít
Icelandic: stofna
Indonesian: mendirikan
Japanese: 設立する
Korean: 설립하다, 세우다
Latvian: dibināt; likt pamatus
Lithuanian: įkurti
Norwegian: grunnlegge, etablere, opprette
Polish: założyć, ufundować
Portuguese (Brazil): fundar
Portuguese (Portugal): fundar
Romanian: a înfiinţa, a fonda
Russian: основывать
Slovak: založiť
Slovenian: ustanoviti
Spanish: fundar
Swedish: grunda, grundlägga
Turkish: kurmak
found2 [faund] verb
(with on/upon) to base on
Example: The story was founded upon fact.
Arabic: يَقومُ على
Chinese (Simplified): 基于
Chinese (Traditional): 基于
Czech: založit
Danish: basere
Dutch: baseren
Estonian: põhinema
Finnish: perustua
French: baser
German: beruhen (auf)
Greek: βασίζω
Hungarian: alapul
Icelandic: byggja á
Indonesian: berdasarkan
Japanese: 基づく
Korean: …에 기초를 두다, 근거로 하다
Latvian: izveidot; pamatot
Lithuanian: paremti
Norwegian: bygge, *basere på
Polish: opierać
Portuguese (Brazil): basear
Portuguese (Portugal): basear
Romanian: a se baza
Russian: основываться (на)
Slovak: založiť
Slovenian: temeljiti
Spanish: basar
Swedish: grunda, basera, bygga
Turkish: dayan(dır)mak
See also: founder, founding, founding father, foundation

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Main Entry: find
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: found; find·ing
transitive verb 1 : to come upon accidentally or through effort<found a valuable antique in the old desk> <found a buyer for the property>
2 : to make a judicial determination regarding <found the testimony notcredible> <found the defendant guilty> —compare DECIDE, HOLD intransitive verb : to make a judicial determination <the jury found in favor of the plaintiff>

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Main Entry: find·ing
Function: noun
: a determination resulting from judicial or administrative examination or inquiry (as at trial) esp. into matters of fact asembodied in the verdict of a jury or decision of a court, referee, or administrative body or officer; also, usually plural : a written statement of such determinations—see also FACTFINDING —compare DECISION,HOLDING, OPINION, RULING
finding of fact
: a determination made by the trier of fact as to a factual issue based on the evidencepresented in a case
NOTE: Conclusions of law are based on findings of fact.
finding of law
: a court\'s determination of the law as applied to a case : CONCLUSION OF LAW
gen·er·al finding
: a finding that the facts in general support ajudgment in favor of one of the parties
spe·cial finding
: a finding setting out the ultimate facts upon which the court\'s judgment is based

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Main Entry: found
past and past participle of FIND

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Main Entry: found
past and past participle of FIND

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Main Entry: found
past and past participle of FIND

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Main Entry: found
Function: transitive verb
: to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance

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Main Entry: found
Function: transitive verb
: to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance

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Main Entry: found
Function: transitive verb
: to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance

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Bot"tom\ (b[o^]t"t[u^]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for fudnus), Gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), Skr. budhna (for bhudhna), and Ir. bonn sole of the foot, W. bon stem, base. [root]257. Cf. 4th Found, Fund, n.]

1. The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

Or dive into the bottom of the deep. --Shak.

2. The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.

Barrels with the bottom knocked out. --Macaulay.

No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. --W. Irving.

3. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.

4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.

5. The fundament; the buttocks.

6. An abyss. [Obs.] --Dryden.

7. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. "The bottoms and the high grounds." --Stoddard.

8. (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.

Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London in the same bottoms in which they were shipped. --Bancroft.

Full bottom, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a large amount of merchandise.

9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. --Johnson.

At bottom, At the bottom, at the foundation or basis; in reality. "He was at the bottom a good man." --J. F. Cooper.

To be at the bottom of, to be the cause or originator of; to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.] --J. H. Newman.

He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels. --Addison.

To go to the bottom, to sink; esp. to be wrecked.

To touch bottom, to reach the lowest point; to find something on which to rest.

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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. "I find you passing gentle." --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 [pounds]14 and all found. --London Times.

Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens.

5. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.

To find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak.

To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God?" --Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." --Milton.

To find fault with, to blame; to censure.

To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning?

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Fon`dus"\, n. [F. fondu, prop. p. p. of fondre to melt, blend. See Found to cast.] A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. --Ure.

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Font\, n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast, and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.

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