underprop
Americanverb (used with object)
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An acquaintance of Lowell’s bemoaned the habit Lowell had of “jumping at some general idea or theorem,” after which he “selects and bends facts to underprop that generalization.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
For those He loves that underprop With daily virtues Heaven’s top, And bear the falling sky with ease, Unfrowning caryatides.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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?
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus
What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent, To underprop this action?
From King John by Shakespeare, William
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