n. Preterit and past participle of find.To lay the basis of; fix, set, or place, as on something solid; ground; base; establish on a basis, physical or moral.To take the first steps or measures in erecting or building up; begin to raise; make a beginning of; originate by active means: as, to found a city or an empire.To make provision for the establishment of; originate by gift, grant, or endowment: as, to found an institution or a professorship by bequest.To base one's opinion; rely: followed by on or upon: as, I found upon the evidence of my senses.To east; form into shape by casting in a mold, as metal or a metallic article.n. The operation of casting metal, etc.; the melting of metal or of the materials for glass, etc.n. A three-sided, single-cut file, used in making combs.To hasten; go (to get or seek something); strive.A dialectal variant of fond, fand.