Hypertext Webster Gateway: "based"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Based} (b[=a]sd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Basing}.] [From {Base}, n.]
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to
found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.
--Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Based \Based\, p. p. & a.
1. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as,
broad-based.

2. [See {Base}, n., 18-21.] Wearing, or protected by, bases.
[Obs.] ``Based in lawny velvet.'' --E. Hall.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

based
adj 1: being derived from; usually followed by "on" or "upon": "a
film based on a best-selling novel"
2: having a base; "firmly based ice"
3: having a basis; often used as combining terms; "a soundly
based argument"; "well-founded suspicions" [syn: {founded}]
4: having a base of operations; "a company based in Atlanta"
[syn: {based(p)}]


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