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underpropped

underpropped is the simple past and past participle of underprop.

Meaning of underprop

Verb

underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped)

  1. (transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
    • He hath employed all his wit to frame him selfe anew (as impatient of his fortune) and to underprop or uphold himselfe by his inventions.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about underpropped

What is underpropped the simple past and past participle of?
Underpropped is the simple past and past participle of underprop.

Words near underpropped in the dictionary

  1. underproofing
  2. underproofs
  3. underprop
  4. underproportion
  5. underproportioned
  6. underpropped
  7. underpropper
  8. underproppers
  9. underpropping
  10. underprops
  11. underprosecuted

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