functionate

i. [See FUNCTION, υ.] func-tion-le , a. Destitute of function. fund, s . [French fond =a bottom, a floor merchant's stock ( Cotgrave ), from Lat. fundus = bottom, depth, foundation; Sp. fun do , fon do ; Port. fun do ; Ital. fon do .] 1. Stock, capital; a sum of money contributed to a common stock for the purpose of meeting the expenses of any commercial operation. 2. ( Pl .): Money lent to a government and constituting a national debt; the stock of a national debt. 3. Money set apart for the carrying out of any object permanent or temporary; in general the interest only is applied to meet the annual expenses of the object, the capital being invested; the word is also applied to money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object; as, a sustentation fund , the patriotic fund , . "Fundamentally erring from the truth and nature of things."- Clarke , vol. i., ser. 32. *fund-a-men-tal-ne , s. [Eng. fundamental; -ne .] Fundamentality; e entiality. fund-ěd, pa.par.ora . [FUND, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Invested in public funds; as, funded money. 2. Forming part of the national debt of a country, existing in the form of bonds bearing regular inter- est. "When the world was again at rest the funded debt of England amounted to eight hundred millions." - Macau- lay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xix. funerate fünd-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FUND, v.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or proce of providing a fund for the payment of interest upon a debt; the conversion of money lent to a government into funds bearing a fixed rate of interest.