found

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈfaʊ̯nd/]

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Senses

1. found (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To start (an institution or organization).

Example: “[…] 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. …”

2. found (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To begin building.

3. found (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To use as a foundation; to base.

Example: 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.

Structure of the word

Roots:

ǵʰewd (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: ǵʰewd

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