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undergird

verb

Etymology

From under- + gird.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *gurdijaną✻ — “to gird”
  3. inherited from gyrdan
  4. inherited from girden
  5. prefixed as undergird — “under- + gird”

Definitions

  1. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the…

    To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

  2. To give fundamental support

    To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.

    • 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.

  3. To lend moral support to.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To secure below or underneath.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA