Definition of Foundetion
Foun*da"tion (?), n. [F.
fondation, L. fundatio. See Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or
beginning to erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that
on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a
stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure
foundation. Is. xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common
wealth. Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting
part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base
course (a), under Base,
n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the
whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to
support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund;
endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of
Westminster. Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by
endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our
foundation. Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course,
under Base, n. -- Foundation
muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc. -- Foundation
school, in England, an endowed school. --
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a
support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow
of a college.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
- The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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