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under girt

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un⋅der⋅gird

  [uhn-der-gurd]
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–verb (used with object), -gird⋅ed or -girt, -gird⋅ing.
1. to strengthen; secure, as by passing a rope or chain under and around: to undergird a top-heavy load.
2. to give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis: ethics undergirded by faith.
Origin:
1520–30; under- + gird
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