Forswear - FORSWEAR, v.t. pret. forswore; pp. forsworn. See Swear and Answer.]
1. To reject or renounce upon oath.
2. To deny upon oath.
Like innocence, and as serenely bold as truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold.
To forswear one's self, is to swear falsely; to perjure one's self.
Thou shalt not forswear thyself. Mat 5.
FORSWEAR, v.i. To swear falsely; to commit perjury.
Found - FOUND, pret. and pp. of find.
I am found of them that sought me not. Isa 65.
FOUND, v.t. [L. fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to set, found, erect.]
1. To lay the basis of any thing; to set, or place, as on something solid for support.
It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Mat 7.
2. To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city.
3. To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty.
4. To begin; to form or lay the basis; as, to found a college or a library. Sometimes to endow is equivalent to found.
5. To give birth to; to originate; as, to found an art or a family.
6. To set; to place; to establish on a basis. Christianity is founded on the rock of ages. Dominion is sometimes founded on conquest; sometimes on choice or voluntary consent.
Power, founded on contract, can descend only to him who has right by that contract.
7. To fix firmly.
I had else been perfect, whole as the marble, founded as the rock.
FOUND, v.t. [L. fundo, fudi, fusum.]
To cast; to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mold.
[This verb is seldom used, but the derivative foundry is in common use. for found we use cast.]
Foundation - FOUNDA'TION, n. [L. fundatio, fundo.]
1. The basis of an edifice; that part of a building which lies on the ground; usually a wall of stone which supports the edifice.
2. The act of fixing the basis.
3. The basis or ground work, or any thing; that on which any thing stands, and by which it is supported. A free government has its foundation in the choice and consent of the people to be governed. Christ is the foundation of the church.
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone - a precious cornerstone. Isa 28.
Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 3.
4. Original; rise; as the foundation of the world.
5. Endowment; a donation or legacy appropriated to support an institution, and constituting a permanent fund, usually for a charitable purpose.
6. Establishment; settlement.
Freely - FREE'LY, adv.
1. At liberty; without vassalage, slavery or dependence.
2. Without restraint, constraint or compulsion; voluntarily. To render a moral agent accountable, he must act freely.
3. Plentifully; in abundance; as, to eat or drink freely.
4. Without scruple or reserve; as, to censure freely.
5. Without impediment or hinderance.
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. Gen 2.
6. Without necessity, or compulsion from divine predetermination.
Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
7. Without obstruction; largely; copiously. The patient bled freely.
8. Spontaneously; without constraint or persuasion.
9. Liberally; generously; as, to give freely to the poor.
10. Gratuitously; of free will or grace, with out purchase or consideration.
Freely ye have received, freely give. Mat 10.
Friend - FRIEND, n. frend.
1. One who is attached to another by affection; one who entertains for another sentiments of esteem, respect and affection, which lead him to desire his company, and to seek to promote his happiness and prosperity; opposed to foe or enemy.
A friend loveth at all times. Prov 17.
2. One not hostile; opposed to an enemy in war.
3. One reconciled after enmity. Let us be friends again.
4. An attendant; a companion.
5. A favorer; one who is propitious; as a friend to commerce; a friend to poetry; a friend to charitable institution.
6. A favorite. Hushai was David's friend.
7. A term of salutation; a familiar compellation.
Friend, how camest thou in hither? Mat 22.
So Christ calls Judas his friend, though a traitor.
Mat 26.
8. Formerly, a paramour.
9. A friend at court, one who has sufficient interest to serve another.
FRIEND, v.t. frend. To favor; to countenance; to befriend; to support or aid. [But we now use befriend.]