found imp. & p. p. of Find.()v. t.[F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.(Milton.)n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.()v. t.[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.)()