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Fundament [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The seat; the lower part of the body or of the intestinum rectum.

2. Foundation. [Not in use.]

Fundament [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Foundation.

2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus.

Fundamental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence, essential; important; as a fundamental truth or principle; a fundamental law; a fundamental sound or chord in music.

Fundamental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A leading or primary principle, rule, law or article, which serves as the ground work of a system; essential part; as the fundamentals of the christian faith.

Fundamental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.

Fundamental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.

Fundamentally [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Primarily; originally; essentially; at the foundation. All power is fundamentally in the citizens of a state.

Fundamentally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.