Definitions for: Underlie


[v] be or form the base for
[v] lie underneath



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Un`der*lie", v. i.
To lie below or under.


Un"der*lie`, n.
See Underlay, n., 1.

See Also: be, lie

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