undergird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
To lend moral support to.
To secure below or underneath.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undergird.wav

undergird undergirds undergirding undergirded undergirt

From under- + gird.

fortify shore up succour

undermine

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