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 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.
Syn. — To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.