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.
Foun*da"tion (?), n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See Found to
establish.] 1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning
to erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands,
and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a
superstructure; groundwork; basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious
corner stone, a sure foundation.
Is. xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common wealth.
Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall,
including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and
footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed
institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our foundation.
Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n. -- Foundation
muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses,
bonnets, etc. -- Foundation school, in England, an endowed school. --
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of
an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college.
Foun*da"tion*er (?), n. One who derives support from the funds or
foundation of a college or school. [Eng.]
Foun*da"tion*less, a. Having no foundation.
Found"er (?), n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.] One who
founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author;
one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Found"er, n. [From Found to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals
in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware,
or types.
Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand
suitable for purposes of molding.
Found"er (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Foundering.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond
bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled
with water, and sink, as a ship.