(v) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm, Syn. underpin, support, bear out, Example:The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Underpin

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Underpinned p. pr. & vb. n. Underpinning. ] 1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underpinning

n. 1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed. (b) The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

アンダーピニング

[anda-piningu] (n) underpinning

下支え

[したざさえ, shitazasae] (n, vs) support; backup; prop; backstay; underpinning

農本主義

[のうほんしゅぎ, nouhonshugi] (n) principles underpinning an agriculturally based economy

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Untermauerung { f } | Untermauerungen { pl }

underpinning | underpinnings

untermauern | untermauernd | untermauert | untermauert | untermauerte

to underpin | underpinning | underpinned | underpins | underpinned

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