underlie
underlie is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
- 2.To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. Sir W. Scott.
- 3.To lie below or under.
- 4.See Underlay, n., 1.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adown
- basement
- below
- beneath
- bilge
- cellar
- concave
- crouch
- crouched
- debased
- debasement
- depress
- depression
- down
- downwards
- ebb
- feet
- flat
- floor
- foot
- ground
- grovel
- hold
- horizontal
- level
- lie
- low
- lower
- lowness
- lying
- molehill
- most
- neap
- nether
- par
- prostrate
- prostration
- slouch
- spring
- squat
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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