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underpin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb underpin has 2 senses
- underpin(v = verb.contact) Array - support from beneath; Array is one way to hold, hold up, support, sustain
- underpin(v = verb.stative) bear out, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" is one way to agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
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CIDE DICTIONARY
underpin, v. t.
- To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. [1913 Webster]
- To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
underpin, v.tr. (-pinned, -pinning)
1 support from below with masonry etc.
2 support, strengthen.
1 support from below with masonry etc.
2 support, strengthen.
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