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Founding
(gcide) | Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to
cast. "Whereof to found their engines." --Milton.
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Founding
(gcide) | Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See
1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
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I had else been perfect,
Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak.
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A man that all his time
Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak.
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It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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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.
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There they shall found
Their government, and their great senate choose.
--Milton.
Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
Predicate.
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Founding
(gcide) | Founding \Found"ing\, n.
The art of smelting and casting metals.
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founding
(wn) | founding
n 1: the act of starting something for the first time;
introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding,
foundation, institution, origination, creation,
innovation, introduction, instauration] |
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confounding
(encz) | confounding, adj: |
dumbfounding
(encz) | dumbfounding, adj: |
dumfounding
(encz) | dumfounding, adj: |
founding father
(encz) | founding father, |
Confounding
(gcide) | Confound \Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F. confondre,
fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere
to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.]
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be
distinguished; to confuse.
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They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for
them, but confound them with words, must have
endless dispute. --Locke.
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Let us go down, and there confound their language.
--Gen. xi. 7.
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2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
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They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and
pilferers, and were often confounded with the
gypsies. --Macaulay.
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3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike
with amazement; to dismay.
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The gods confound...
The Athenians both within and out that wall. --Shak.
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They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps.
xxii. 5.
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So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say. --Milton.
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4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]
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One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak.
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How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.
Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat;
terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.
[1913 Webster]confounding \confounding\ adj.
tending to contradict (a hypothesis).
Syn: contradictory.
[WordNet 1.5]confounding \confounding\ n.
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
Syn: confusion, mix-up.
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confounding
(gcide) | Confound \Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F. confondre,
fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere
to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.]
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be
distinguished; to confuse.
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They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for
them, but confound them with words, must have
endless dispute. --Locke.
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Let us go down, and there confound their language.
--Gen. xi. 7.
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2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
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They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and
pilferers, and were often confounded with the
gypsies. --Macaulay.
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3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike
with amazement; to dismay.
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The gods confound...
The Athenians both within and out that wall. --Shak.
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They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps.
xxii. 5.
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So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say. --Milton.
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4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]
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One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak.
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How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.
Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat;
terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.
[1913 Webster]confounding \confounding\ adj.
tending to contradict (a hypothesis).
Syn: contradictory.
[WordNet 1.5]confounding \confounding\ n.
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
Syn: confusion, mix-up.
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dumbfounding
(gcide) | dumbfounding \dumbfounding\ adj.
causing astonishment. [Narrower terms: {incredible (vs.
credible), unbelievable}]
Syn: astonishing, astounding, dumfounding.
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dumfounding
(gcide) | dumfounding \dumfounding\ adj.
same as dumbfounding.
Syn: astonishing, astounding, dumbfounding.
[WordNet 1.5]Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Dumfounding.]
To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
dumbfound.] --Spectator.
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Dumfounding
(gcide) | dumfounding \dumfounding\ adj.
same as dumbfounding.
Syn: astonishing, astounding, dumbfounding.
[WordNet 1.5]Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Dumfounding.]
To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also
dumbfound.] --Spectator.
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Founding
(gcide) | Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to
cast. "Whereof to found their engines." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Founding.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See
1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
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I had else been perfect,
Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak.
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A man that all his time
Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak.
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It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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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.
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There they shall found
Their government, and their great senate choose.
--Milton.
Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
Predicate.
[1913 Webster]Founding \Found"ing\, n.
The art of smelting and casting metals.
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confounding
(wn) | confounding
adj 1: that confounds or contradicts or confuses [syn:
confounding, contradictory] |
dumbfounding
(wn) | dumbfounding
adj 1: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn:
astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding] |
dumfounding
(wn) | dumfounding
adj 1: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn:
astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding] |
founding father
(wn) | Founding Father
n 1: a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the
United States Constitution in 1787
2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder,
beginner, founding father, father] |
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