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underlie

v. அடியிற் கிட, உள்ளீடாயிரு, அடிப்படையாய் அமைவுறு.


Un`der*lie", v. t. Etym: [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. Defn: To lie below or under. Un"der*lie`, n. Defn: See Underlay, n., 1.


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