Found /(?)/

1. imp. & p. p. of Find.

imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding

1. To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.

1. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding

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.

   A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love.

   It fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

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.