Underlie
Pronunciation : Un`der*lie"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate.]
Definition : 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.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Un`der*lie"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To lie below or under.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Un"der*lie`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Underlay, n., 1.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913