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Undergird

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
  2. 2
    make secure underneath wordnet
  3. 3
    To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for. figuratively

    "For fiction, documentary, verse, and essay, she undergirds entertaining images and stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and challenge to the suppression of human rights."

  4. 4
    lend moral support to wordnet
  5. 5
    To lend moral support to.
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  1. 6
    To secure below or underneath.

Etymology

From under- + gird.

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