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underprops

underprops is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 underprops

What is underprops the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underprops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underprop.

Words near underprops in the dictionary

  1. underproportioned
  2. underpropped
  3. underpropper
  4. underproppers
  5. underpropping
  6. underprops
  7. underprosecuted
  8. underprotect
  9. underprotected
  10. underprotecting
  11. underprotection

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