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Found.

/ˈfaʊ̯nd/ · verb

Meaning

simple past and past participle of find.

Definitions by Sense

  1. simple past and past participle of find
  2. Food and lodging; board.
  3. To start (an institution or organization).
  4. To begin building.
  5. To use as a foundation; to base.
  6. To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.
  7. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
  8. (glassblowing) The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.

Example Sentences

I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.
He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found.
“[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …”
Being left alone with him after they had dined, he obſerved, that however ſtrongly he was convinced of Zeluco’s being the writer of the letter, yet as he had had the precaution to diſguiſe his hand-writing, it would be fruitleſs to found any legal proſecution upon that circumſtance.
[…] being now out of print, I shall use the freedom to give an extract from it, and in an Appendix to this Pamphlet (No. II.), republish one of the Tables that Author refers to, which will shew the facts he founded his reasoning upon, and the nature of the deductions which were the result of his researches.
His Heir of Line in 1785 claimed the Dignity of Lord Spynie, founding the claim upon the Charter of 1590, but it being certain that a Dignity of the Peerage of Scotland could not, at least in the reign of James the Sixth, be granted by a Charter making no reference to a Seat in Parliament or the Dignity of a Lord of Parliament, Counsel abandoned the claim under the Charter and insisted that the other evidence sufficiently supported the claim of the Heir of Line.
Whereof to found their engines.

Synonyms for found.

discoveredrepertitiousestablishbaseconstitutegroundinstituteset uplaunchplant

Antonyms for found.

ruindissolveabolishlostget rid of

Related Words

baselaunchset upconstituteinstituteestablishgroundplantrecoveredcontainedvisitedcollectedfindingslocalizedsetmeetingsituatedfiguredputfaced

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does found. mean?

Found. means simple past and past participle of find.

What is a synonym for found.?

Common synonyms include discovered, repertitious, establish, base.

What is the opposite of found.?

Possible antonyms include ruin, dissolve, abolish, lost.

How do you use found. in a sentence?

I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.

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