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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prop \Prop\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Propped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propping}.] [Akin to LG. & D. proppen to cram, stuff, thrust into, stop, G. pfropfen, Dan. proppe, Sw. proppa; of uncertain origin, cf. G. pfropfen to graft, fr. L. propago set, layer of a plant, slip, shoot. Cf. 3d. {Prop}, {Propagate}.] To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state. --Shak.
Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. --Pope.
For being not propp'd by ancestry. --Shak.
I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prop
noun
1: a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
2: any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" [syn: {property}]
3: a propeller that rotates to push against air [syn: {airplane propeller}, {airscrew}]
verb: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" [syn: {prop up}, {shore up}, {shore}] [also: {propping}, {propped}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
propping See {prop}
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