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found1 [ faund ] verb transitive often passive ***
to start an organization, company, political party, etc.:
The newspaper was founded in 1909.
a. to start an institution such as a school or college, especially by providing money
b. to start building a new town, or forming a new community:
The monastery was founded in a.d. 798.
be founded on/upon
to be based on a particular idea, principle, fact, or quality:
a society founded on the belief that all men are equal
A good relationship has to be founded on trust.
found
found 2
the past tense and past participle of find1

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. Whereof to found their engines. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Found — Find Find (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi ptein… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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