About The Word Underlie
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Underlie
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What's The Definition Of Underlie?
[v] be or form the base for
[v] lie underneath Synonyms | Synonyms for Underlie: Related Terms | Find terms related to Underlie: Underlie In Webster's Dictionary \Un`der*lie"\, v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See {Under}, and
{Lie} to be prostrate.]
1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a
stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to
support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.]
The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge
of Brian der Bois Guilbert. --Sir W.
Scott.
\Un`der*lie"\, v. i. To lie below or under. \Un"der*lie`\, n. See {Underlay}, n., 1. |
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