Bottomed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bottom \Bot"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottomed} (?); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Bottoming}.]
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     1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; --
        followed by on or upon.
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              Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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              Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many
              bottom their eternal state].          --South.
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     2. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
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     3. To reach or get to the bottom of. --Smiles.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bottomed \Bot"tomed\, a.
     Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom;
     grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed;
     well-bottomed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bottomed
       adj : having a bottom of a specified character [ant: {bottomless}]