Found

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. & p. p. of Find.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. "Whereof to found their engines." Milton.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.