Found

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /faʊnd/

Definitions

1. To come upon something by chance or through searching ; To initiate or create an entity or institution from scratch ; To provide the underlying support or principles for a concept or endeavor
2. To discover or come across something unexpectedly or after looking carefully ; to set up or start a new organization or system ; to base or support an idea, theory, or institution on a core principle
3. To unexpectedly encounter or identify an object or fact ; to initiate the formation of an organization or structure ; to provide a fundamental justification or grounding for a plan or belief

Etymology: Found is the past tense and past participle of find, so its history is really the history of that verb. Find descends from Old English "findan", meaning to come upon or discover, and the past forms have followed the same sense of coming across something, sometimes by chance, ever since.

Synonyms: established, created, set up

Antonyms: destroyed, abolished