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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Underlie \Un'der*lie"\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Underlay \Un"der*lay'\, noun
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 form, 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Underlie \Un'der*lie"\, verb (used without an object) To lie below or under.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Underlie \Un"der*lie'\, noun See {Underlay}, noun, 1.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
underlie
verb
1: be or form the base for
2: lie underneath [also: {underlying}, {underlay}, {underlain}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "underlie": afford support, back, back up, be latent, bear, bear up, bed on, bolster, bolster up, bottom on, brace, build on, buoy up, buttress, carry, couch, cradle, crawl, crouch, crutch, cushion, escape notice, found on, give support, ground on, grovel, hibernate, hold, hold up, hug the earth, keep afloat, keep up, lend support, lie beneath, lie dormant, lie hid, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, lurk, mainstay, maintain, make no sign, pillow, prop, reinforce, set on, shore, shore up, shoulder, smolder, squat, stay, subsidize, subvention, support, sustain, underbrace, undergird, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold, upkeep
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