underprop en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + prop.
Meanings
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(transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
He hath employed all his wit to frame him selfe anew (as impatient of his fortune) and to underprop or uphold himselfe by his inventions.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:Hovv greatly befriendeth he vs, that keepeth our houſe from falling, that vnderproppeth it vvith great cunning, and vpholdeth it in the aire, being cleft and vvinde-ſhaken from the very foundation: […]
1614, Lucius Annaeus Seneca [i.e., Seneca the Younger], “Of Benefits. Chapter XV.”, in Thomas Lodge, transl., The Workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both Morrall and Naturall. […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, 6th booke, page 122:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underpropped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underpropped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| underprops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| underpropping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |