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Webster 1913 Edition
Underprop
Unˊder-prop′
,Verb.
T.
To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.
Underprop
the head that bears the crown. Fenton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Underprop
UNDERPROP'
v.t. To support; to uphold.And underprop the head that bears the crown.
Definition 2024
underprop
underprop
English
Verb
underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped)
- (transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- He hath employed all his wit to frame him selfe anew (as impatient of his fortune) and to underprop or uphold himselfe by his inventions.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12: