functus

ar. of fung or to enjoy, to perform; Fr. fonction; Sp. funcion; Ital. funzione. Putten ham, in 1589, ranked this with words of recent introduction into English.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The discharge, performance, or executing of any act, office, or duty. "There is hardly a greater difference between two things than there is between a representing commoner in the function of his public calling, and the same person in common life."- Swift . 2. An employment, office, duty, or occupation, be longing to or connected with any position, station, or character in life; the duties of any office. "The agent of France in that kingdom must be equal to much more than the ordinary functions of an envoy." Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xii. 3. A calling, office, or position. "His sacred function was at length renounced." Words worth: Excursion, bk. ii. 4. The specific office or action of any organ or system of organs in the animal or vegetable economy. "All human bodies, for example, though each of them consists of almost an infinite number of parts, are per IMG:content-0232.png:[blocks in formation] "Would you tax the property of the fundholder?"-Fox: Speech on A e ed Tax Bill , Dec. 14, 1797. fund, v. t. [FUND, 8.] 1. To place in a fund, as money. 2. To provide or appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources for discharging the annual interest of. [FUNDED-DEBT.] *fund, pret . & pa. par . of v. [FIND.] fund-a-ble, a. Capable of being funded, or converted into a bond.