and pp. of find. I am found of them that sought me not. Isaiah 65:7.

To lay the basis of any thing; to set, or place, as on something solid for support. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Matthew 7:25.

To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city.

To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty.

To begin; to form or lay the basis; as, to found a college or a library. Sometimes to endow is equivalent to found.

To give birth to; to originate; as, to found an art or a family.

To set; to place; to establish on a basis. Christianity is founded on the rock of ages. Dominion is sometimes founded on conquest; sometimes on choice or voluntary consent. Power, founded on contract, can descend only to him who has right by that contract.

To fix firmly . I had else been perfect, whole as the marble, founded as the rock.

To cast; to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mold.