a1650 E. Norgate Miniatura (Tanner 326) (1919) 33 For the fonds, or ground behind pictures, they are made of all colours as please the Painter.

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 141 All sorts of precious Marbles..cut and lay'd into a fonds or ground of black-Marble.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iv. 93 This Grandeur..could not be maintained without a Better Fonde than what he was born to.

1844 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 155/2 The spirits are for the most part artificial, the fond is sadness.

1867 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 394 There is no early French literature of any value in which the Teutonic blood did not supply the fond.

1761 Duchess of Northumberland Diary 16 July (1926) 28 The Stomacher, which is valued at £60,000 is the finest pece of Magnificence and Workmanship I ever saw. The Fond is a Network as fine as Cat Gut of Small Diamonds and the rest is a large pattern of Natural Flowers, composed of very large Diamonds.

1872 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 42 Pillow-laces, especially when they have network grounds, should be judged entirely from these fonds or grounds.

1908 M. Jourdain Old Lace 66 A more open variety of the fond is the rempli, formed by twisting the thread before making the loop.

1997 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. h1 The lace is either left open as is or joined by a mesh or net called the fond or reseau.

1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 28 Apr. 139/3 As no American housewife maintains a fond, it will be found necessary to prepare your fish sauce the night before or do without it. There is no substitute for it and it is the secret of the dish.

1977 C. Conran M. Guérard's Cuisine Minceur (1981) 70 There is no such thing as a really high quality commercial stock, or fond, whether veal, chicken or fish.

2005 Fashion (Canada) Oct. 122/2 Doing without the fonds (or stocks) that compose the basis of classic sauces, its light market fare is sinful without the guilt.

1965 D. E. Lundberg & L. H. Kotschevar Understanding Cooking §liv. 142 Add stock, water, wine or other liquid and heat the pan, working with a fork or spoon to loosen the fond.

2002 Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail (Nexis) 23 Jan. When I tried high heat, the fond became too dark and bitter by the time the steak was cooked.

2019 G. Crosby Cook, Taste, Learn iii. 55 Make sure to leave any fond (pan scrapings and brown bits) in the pan.

1664 tr. F. Charpentier Treat. E.-Indian Trade 16 They gathered together a Fond [Fr. fond], or Stock of Six Millions, and Six Hundred Thousand Livres mony of the Country.

1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces ii. 106 This Fond being not sufficient in times of Wars, is supplied by the States with whatever more is necessary from other Fonds.

1728 Some Considerations Nature & Importance E. India Trade vi. 87 They want nothing but a sufficient Fond of Money to perfect Manufactures of all Sorts.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 14 Feb. (1976) IX. 448 The King would run himself out, beyond all his cred[it] and Fonds.

1690 King William III Speech Parl. 25 Nov. in London Gaz. No. 2613/1 The Civil Government, which has no Fonds for its Support.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. cxi The want of any Fonds to support the Charge of such Office.

1745 J. Bisset Jrnl. 25 Nov. in Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 401 [I] ame very glade to hear you have such fonds to be raised.

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 33 (MED) Sith such fonnid difference implieth that Crist prechide not in desertis, feeldis, and hillis.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5513 A fonned fantasy þan fell in his hert.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in Psalter (1884) 523 Sho ioyed not..in vanytes of this lyfe, as our fonnyd [?c1400 Sidney Sussex fond] maydyns dos now.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 9 He that is young thinketh the old man fond.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 71 Fond done, done, fond was this King Priams ioy. View more context for this quotation

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xii. 250 Never more to fright children with fond tales of Bug-bears.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Hebrew xi. 22 To dig Mens Bones out of their Graves, to enshrine them..is Fond and Ridiculous.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood (at cited word) Doan't tawak so fond, pretha!

1977 G. Todd Geordie Words & Phrases 17/1 He's dyun some fond things iv he's time.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Si^v Suche persons maye well be lykened to dotrelles. This dotrell is a lytell fonde byrde.

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) Ded. sig. E7 I am not fond enough to phancy any Art..to recommend it.

a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind ii. iii, in Coll. Wks. (1753) V. 332 I am not so fond as to think I have [etc.].

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii. 34/1 Writing from the abundance of his own fond ineptitude.

1946 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 6 83 Nor should I be fond enough to believe that a central bank or any other governmental instrumentality could have prevented that struggle.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f.ii Yf folke were so fonde to folowe hym.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1582/2 I find no great cause I should be fond to liue.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 23 They all seem fond to wear the Martyr's Crown.

1722 in J. Maidment Analecta Scotica (1834) I. 306 The arch-bishop of Canterbury's judgment of my History I'll be fond to hear, if ever he shall read it.

1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 106 We are so fond to appear always in the right.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxxv. 271 Nor could I be fond, that they should see you.

1883 J. S. Blackie in 19th Cent. Apr. 607 ‘The year of Charlie’, as the Highlanders are fond to call it.

a1930 N. Munro Valenteen in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. xxiv. 111 Oh, she's the sly yin. She's that fond to see folk come aboot the hoose she whiles knocks a knife aff the table to see if it'll bring them.

2010 Fox News Network (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 7 Mar. The president is scapegoating. It's something which he is fond to do any time one of his programs gets in trouble.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. M.viii Elles they be not greatelye desyerous and fonde of yt.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B4 Those that much couet are with gaine so fond . View more context for this quotation

1666 A. Marvell Let. 6 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 43 The redemption of the chimny mony at eight years purchase we are very fond of.

1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 604 Many persons have blamed duke Schonberg for not fighting the Irish army, which our men seem'd so fond of.

a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) iii. 62 I fancy he will not be very fond of prolonging his visit.

1779 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 256 Sentiments which no being in human form could..be fond of owning.

1824 ‘Cincinnatus Caledonius’ Lights & Shadows Sc. Char. & Scenery 114 Among the Scottish noblemen who were fondest for the union, the Earl of Mar was certainly one.

1539 R. Morison in tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre sig. aii^v Wyse writers feyne, that fond loue hath wynges, and seldome abydeth longe in a place, beynge hyther and thyther ledde by folye, and phansy.

1698 E. Ward London Spy I. i. 14 As much opinionated..as a Fond Father is of the Witty Sayings of his own Progeney.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. 10 A hero to whom the fond admiration of his country-men hath ascribed many fabulous acts of prowess.

1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn III. 285 Ritchie is fond, and loves to see me fair arrayed.

a1948 D. Welch Voice through Cloud (1950) xviii. 140 She shook her head and smiled with fond reproach.

2012 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 7 Fond parents will snap up to 1000 photos during their child's first year.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark vii. f. l For suche folishe trifles, they chalenged the prayse of holines, and brought the people in a fonde beliefe.

1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry iv. 57 In vain their fond Opinions you deride, With their lov'd Follies they are satisfy'd.

1713 J. Addison Cato v. i. 56 Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos ix. 112 To defraud His servant of his fond expectation.

1951 R. Harling Paper Palace (1952) 89 It was my fond hope that Mrs. Macadam might unlock a door in Whitehall Mansions.

2016 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 June Its fond belief that everything was better back then, that Britain (England, really) is a worse place now.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke: Pref. f. xii Suche thynges as these so ferre contrarye to all mennes..thinkyng, and thynges so vntouthsome for menne to bee fond on.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 266 He may prooue More fond on her, then she vpon her loue. View more context for this quotation

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xii. 68 I am fond of talking to this young Lady.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 294 They feed upon all sorts of grain, but are fondest of millet-seed.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 4 Ædgar..was extremely fond of the sports of the field.

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. ix. 169 Lewis has made his uncle and aunt very fond of him already.

1995 S. Barry Only True Hist. Lizzie Finn i, in Plays: One (1997) 174 She was too fond on my father though. Fifteen wee'uns, eight living.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 302/1 Those born under the sign of Taurus..are also said to make excellent friends, are fond of music, and are generous with money.

1659 J. Ray Let. 25 Feb. in Corr. (1848) 2 I would not be flattered, I am not so fond of my own conceits.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane Ded. There is no part in your Lordship's Character but what the World would be fond of.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. i. 3 He is a vain creature you know, and seemed fond of what he had written.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. S^v They dote, and fonde [L. dementant] good yonge men.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Bviij Loue of goods, or loue of rule, Doth fonde him now and then.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Ciij Suche follye fondes a man, And fondlye makes him roue.

1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. F.iii And the clerke saide. I fonded, and that I sayde not trewthe.

1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Fiij^v Thou woldest make vs to fonde with the.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 76 The sworde shall pearce the hart of suche that fonds.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. ccxxxix/1 I fonde or dote vpon a thyng for inordynate loue.

1567 G. Turberville tr. A. Sani di Cure Aunsweres in tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 154 Whilst thou..didst fonde on Phyllis.

1590 T. Fenne Frutes f. 53 Immoderately fonding ouer wife, sonne, daughter.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. ii. 34 My master loues her deerely, And I (poore monster) fond asmuch on him. View more context for this quotation

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. iii. i. 268 I haue receiued her Maiesties commandements by the Commissioners, whom it hath pleased her to fond ouer.

1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 60 Howe'r unjust your jealousie appear..I'll fond it, as the froward Child of Love.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 230 The Tyrian hugs, and fonds thee on her Breast.

1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. vi. 45 The Archbishop, who hates Popery as much as he fonds the Arminians.