Do we have "founded"?

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I was going to write:

if the founded rule classifies the node as "content", it will be added ...."

Any rule in a list matching some criteria will be returned by a searchRule method. I can use if the matched rule, but I was surprised as I googled and found that we don't have "founded".... why? then what is used for such things?

The founded person ....

The founded object ...

found is the past participle of find, founded is past participle of the verb found, I guess. Thus, I think founded person sounds odd ! — Cardinal, Jul 05 '16 at 16:00
It is cool, I had the same problem when I read the question at the first time — Cardinal, Jul 05 '16 at 17:09

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '16 at 16:03

if the matched rule,

Here, matched is the past participle of the verb match. Likewise, found is the past participle of the verb find, so you actually want found

if the found rule classifies the node as content...

However, it sounds more natural (to my ears anyways) to say

if the rule found classifies the node as content...

Note: "founded" is a word with a different meaning. It is the past participle and past tense of the verb "to found" meaning to establish.

The city was founded in 1875

Do we have "founded"?

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