3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest;
as, to fund the floating debt.
Fund"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being funded, or converted into a fund;
convertible into bonds.
Fun"da*ment (?), n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF.
fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr.
fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See Fund.] 1.
Foundation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically
(Anat.), the anus. Hume.
Fun`da*men"tal (?), a. [Cf. F. fondamental.] Pertaining to the
foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as
an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a
fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.
The fundamental reasons of this war.
Shak.
Some fundamental antithesis in nature.
Whewell.
Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the
roots or fundamental tones of the chords. -- Fundamental chord (Mus.),
a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root. -- Fundamental colors,
red, green, and violet-blue. See Primary colors, under Color.
Fun"da*men`tal, n. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or
article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part,
as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
Fun`da*men"tal*ly, adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically;
at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally
defective." Burke.
Fund"ed (?), a. 1. Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular
interest; as, funded debt.