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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I had else been perfect,
              Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A man that all his time
              Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
                                                    vii. 25.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There they shall found
              Their government, and their great senate choose.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
          Predicate.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Founding \Found"ing\, n.
     The art of smelting and casting metals.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Founding \Found"ing\, n.
     The art of smelting and casting metals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble,
              founded as the rock.                  --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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  founding
       n : 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"; "he regards the fork as a modern
           introduction" [syn: initiation, foundation, institution,
            origination, creation, innovation, introduction,
            instauration]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     Αγγλικά n.
     η ίδρυση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     a.
     Who or that found#Verb (establishes or start#Verb) or founded.
     n.
     The establishment of something.
     vb.
     (present participle of en found nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     a.
     Who or that found#Verb (establishes or start#Verb) or founded.
     n.
     The establishment of something.
     vb.
     (present participle of en found nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     a.
     Who or that found#Verb (establishes or start#Verb) or founded.
     n.
     The establishment of something.
     vb.
     (present participle of en found nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     a.
     Who or that found#Verb (establishes or start#Verb) or founded.
     n.
     The establishment of something.
     vb.
     (present participle of en found nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f ound ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  founding
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en found ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb found)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Founding /fˈaʊndɪŋ/
  التأسيس

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  founding /fˈaʊndɪŋ/ 
  založení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founding /fˈaʊndɪŋ/
  Gründung  [adm.]
           Note: von etw.
        "founding of the/a state"  - Staatsgründung
     Synonym: foundation
  
   see: foundations
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founding /fˈaʊndɪŋ/
  gießend, durch Guss herstellend, schmelzend und in eine Form gießend
   see: found sth., founded, refound
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founding /fˈaʊndɪŋ/
  gründend, stiftend, begründend, errichtend
   see: found sth., founded, founds, founded
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  founding /fˈaʊndɪŋ/
  nahoče, osnivanje, osnivački, temeljnog

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  founding //ˈfaʊndɪŋ// 
  grundande
  establishment of something

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfaʊndɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     adj. 成立的

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