(Ger. fundiert) In Husserl: 1. The character of one noetic-noematic stratum as presupposing the presence of another, the founding stratum. 2. The character of an act or an act-correlate as containing founded and founding strata. E.g., intending something as a tool is founded in intending 'the same' as a material thing; correlatively, the tool-sens.... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203