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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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un·der·gird   (ŭn'dər-gûrd')   
tr.v.   un·der·gird·ed or un·der·girt (-gûrt'), un·der·gird·ing, un·der·girds
To support or strengthen from beneath.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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