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verb

simple past tense and past participle of find.
equipped, outfitted, or furnished: He bought a new boat, fully found.

adjective

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

something that is provided or furnished without charge, especially meals given a domestic: Maid wanted, good salary and found.

found

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verb (used with object)

to set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence: to found a new publishing company.
to lay the lowest part of (a structure) on a firm base or ground: a house founded on solid rock.
to base or ground (usually followed by on or upon): a story founded on fact.
to provide a basis or ground for.

Origin of found

2
1250–1300; Middle English founden < Old French fonder < Latin fundāre, derivative of fundus bottom, foundation

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1. organize, inaugurate, institute, originate.

found

3
[found]

verb (used with object)

to melt and pour (metal, glass, etc.) into a mold.
to form or make (an article) of molten material in a mold; cast.

Origin of found

3
1350–1400; Middle English fonden < Middle French fondre to melt, cast < Latin fundere to pour, melt, cast
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Related Words for founded

established, endowed

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British Dictionary definitions for founded

found

1

verb

the past tense and past participle of find

adjective

furnished, or fitted outthe boat is well found
British with meals, heating, bed linen, etc, provided without extra charge (esp in the phrase all found)

found

2

verb

(tr) to bring into being, set up, or establish (something, such as an institution, society, etc)
(tr) to build or establish the foundation or basis of
(also intr; foll by on or upon) to have a basis (in); depend (on)

Word Origin for found

C13: from Old French fonder, from Latin fundāre, from fundus bottom

found

3

verb (tr)

to cast (a material, such as metal or glass) by melting and pouring into a mould
to shape or make (articles) in this way; cast

Word Origin for found

C14: from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere to melt
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Word Origin and History for founded

found

v.1

"establish," late 13c., from Old French founder (12c., Modern French fonder), from Latin fundare "to lay the bottom or foundation of something," from fundus "bottom, foundation" (see fund (n.)). Related: Founded; founding. Phrase founding fathers with reference to the creators of the American republic is attested from 1916.

found

v.2

"cast metal," late 14c., "to mix, mingle," from Middle French fondre "pour out, melt, mix together," from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere "melt, cast, pour out," from PIE *gheud- (cf. Gothic giutan, German gießen, Old English geotan "to pour"), from root *gheu- "to pour" (cf. Greek khein "to pour," khoane "funnel," khymos "juice"). Meaning "to cast metal" is from 1560s.

found

adj.

"discovered," late 14c., past participle adjective from find (v.). Expression and found in old advertisements for job openings, travelling berths, etc., attached to the wages or charges, indicates that meals are provided, from the expression to find one's self "to provide for one's self." "When a laborer engages to provide himself with victuals, he is said to find himself, or to receive day wages" [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]. Hence, so much and found for "wages + meals provided."

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