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Definition of Underlie
Underlie Underlie Un`der*lie", v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and
Lie to be prostrate.]
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.
underlie Underlay Un"der*lay`, n.
1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from
the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like,
placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in
the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper
height; also, something placed back of a part of the
tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
Underlie Underlie Un`der*lie", v. i.
To lie below or under.
Underlie Underlie Un"der*lie`, n.
See Underlay, n., 1.
