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underlie |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlie \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}. 2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type in the from to bring it or any part of it to the proper height; also something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. i. To lie below or under From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlie \Un"der*lie`\, n. See {Underlay}, n., 1. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: underlie v 1: be or form the base for 2: lie underneath
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