单词 | founded |
释义 | † foundedadj.1n. Obsolete. rare. Affected by glandular swellings in the neck or jaw.In quot. c1450 as n.: people affected by such swellings, considered collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > render physically insensible [verb (transitive)] > by cold acumblea1325 cumberc1325 cumblea1425 foundedc1450 benumb1530 beclumpse1611 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > give sensation of cold to > numb with cold acumblea1325 cumberc1325 daze1340 cumblea1425 foundedc1450 benumb1530 founder1562 beclumpse1611 chill1712 shram1787 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 108 The maymed, the foollich, the founded [Fr. lenfondue], the froren. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 90 (MED) It is gode to ber to him þat haþe swellyng in sckyn or in flessh, as a man þat is founded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). foundedadj.2 1. Based, having a (specified) base or ground (with qualifying adverb). †Also without adverb = ‘well founded’, well grounded, etc. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [adjective] > based or founded foundeda1616 bottomeda1628 the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > relating to or forming a base > having a (specific) base footedOE standing1412 well-couchedc1475 bottomed1582 baseda1616 foundeda1616 well-bottomeda1628 well-founded1671 clawed1768 claw-feet1823 substructured1952 the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established rootfastlOE stablec1290 institutec1325 sad1340 firmc1374 rooteda1393 stabledc1400 substantialc1449 well-foundeda1450 surec1475 standing1549 afloat1551 well-established1559 steadyc1571 naturalized1590 erected1603 established1642 instituted1647 settled1649 riveted1652 radicate1656 inrooted1660 institute1668 statuminated1674 planted1685 stablished1709 deep-seated1741 founded1771 set-up1856 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 21 Then comes my Fit againe: I had else beene perfect; Whole as the Marble, founded as the Rocke. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1504 Thy hopes are not ill founded . View more context for this quotation 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lv. 243 I..mean..of such charges..to shew that they are not founded. 1774 Child of Nature I. 132 A young woman of your prudence must be founded in her behaviour. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 41 Supply them with just and founded motives to disaffection. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xliii. 152 If Ministers are founded in saying there is no sort of treaty with France. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 248 These complaints were in many cases well founded. 2. Endowed, ‘on the foundation’. rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > endowed or public public school1806 voluntary1837 founded1895 public-schoolish1930 public-schooly1930 1895 J. M. Bulloch Hist. Aberdeen Univ. 99 The greater part of the founded members had been ‘quyte abolisched’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1n.c1450adj.2a1616 |
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