UNDERLIE

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

2.
v.

To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

3.
v.

To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. Sir W. Scott.

4.
v.

To lie below or under.

5.
n.

See Underlay, n., 1.

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