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found
Synonyms:

begin, constitute, establish, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, plant, set up, start.

Related Words:

build, construct, create, erect, fashion, fix, form, organize, originate, raise, settle, stay, support.

Antonyms:

close (down), phase out, shut (up).

Origin:

1250–1300; Middle English founden < Old French fonder < Latin fundāre, derivative of fundus bottom, foundation. C13: from Old French fonder, from Latin fundāre, from fundus bottom. (of melting) 1350–1400; Middle English fonden < Middle French fondre to melt, cast < Latin fundere to pour, melt, cast. C14: from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere to melt. —Dictionary.com. //  First Known Use of found: Adjective: 1758. Noun: 1830. Verb (1): 13th century. Verb: 1562. History and Etymology for found: Adjective: from past participle of find entry 1. Noun: from past participle of find entry 1. Verb (1): Middle English founden, borrowed from Anglo-French fonder, funder, going back to Latin fundāre, derivative of fundus "bottom, base, foundation" — more at bottom entry 1. Verb: borrowed from Middle French fondre "to melt, cast," going back to Old French, going back to Latin fundere "to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse," going back to Indo-European *ǵhu-n-d-, present tense derivative of *ǵheu̯d- "pour" (also Germanic, in Old English gēotan "to pour, shed," Old High German giozan, Old Norse gjóta "to drop, throw, give birth [of animals]," Gothic giutan "to pour"), extended form of Indo-European *ǵheu̯- "pour," whence Greek chéō, cheîn "to pour, shed," Tocharian B kewu "I will pour," Sanskrit juhoti "(s/he) pours, sacrifices". —Merriam-Webster.

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Added: 30 June 2020 {1:19 PM}
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