underprop

[ uhn-der-prop ]

verb (used with object)

, un·der·propped, un·der·prop·ping.

1. to prop underneath; support; uphold.

underprop

/ ˌʌndəˈprɒp /

verb

1. tr to prop up from beneath

Derived Forms

• ˈunderˌpropper, noun

Other Words From

• under·propper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of underprop¹

First recorded in 1505–15; under- + prop ¹

Example Sentences

Underprop, un-dėr-prop′, v.t. to prop from under or beneath: to support.

From Project Gutenberg

For this self-confidence, which might to a careless observer seem to underprop Peter’s courage, was to the eye of the Lord undermining it.

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For those He loves that underprop With daily virtues Heaven’s top, And bear the falling sky with ease, Unfrowning caryatides.

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But, I pray, doth the word underprop or approve the use of anything indifferent, if it be not used according to the foresaid rules, and, by consequence, conveniently and profitably?

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Cavendish goes on to observe that Sir Walter was in wonderful declination, yet laboured to underprop himself by my Lord Treasurer and his friends.

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