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)]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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
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.
