underlain en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /ʌndəɹˈleɪn/
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) past participle of underlie
form of underlie
Phylles was still smirking at him, but there was a degree of uncertainty behind her expression, that had perhaps underlain her earlier hostility as well.
2011, Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Sea Watch: