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单词 underprop
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underpropn.

Brit. /ˈʌndəprɒp/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌprɑp/
Etymology: under- prefix1 2b(b).
A prop or support placed under a thing. Usually figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports
crutchc900
upholda1066
uptakinga1300
arma1382
postc1387
staff1390
sustainerc1390
undersetterc1400
potent?a1439
buttressa1450
supportalc1450
comfort1455
supporta1456
studa1500
poge1525
underpropper1532
shore1534
staya1542
prop1562
stoopa1572
underprop1579
sustentation1585
rest1590
underpinning1590
supportance1597
sustinent1603
lean1610
reliance1613
hingea1616
columna1620
spar1630
gable end1788
lifeboat1832
standback1915
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 45/1 The Monkes, &..all those iolly vnderprops of that Romish Antichrist.
1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing D 3 Faiths strong pillars need no vnderprops.
1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 264 An vnder-proppe or basis supporting and sustaining vs.
1826 W. E. Andrews Crit. & Hist. Rev. Fox's Bk. Martyrs II. 204 Cranmer,..this pillar and underprop of the reformation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

underpropv.

Brit. /ˌʌndəˈprɒp/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈprɑp/
Etymology: under- prefix1 2a(a).
1.
a. transitive. To support with a prop or props; to keep firm or upright with some form of material support. (Common in 17th cent.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > prop
shore1340
undershore1393
prop1507
underpropa1535
crutch1641
rance1680
trig1711
spur1733
stut1808
spurn1865
scaffold1884
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xviii. sig. D.viii Some haue I sene euyn in their last sycknes sytte vp in theyr death bed vnderproppted wt pillous.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxvii. lxix. 220 One tooke him napping,..And vnderpropt his saddell with foure stakes, And so from vnder him his courser takes.
1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dial. ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 124 Had you not rather..To see the trees full branches vnderpropt Laden with ripe fruit?
1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xx. 161 It was frequent also for Sea-men, underproping their Ships with their Shoulders, to thrust them forwards into the Sea.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 129 Underprop the Architrave with a strong arch.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough xi. 152 A Mirror crack'd, With Table underprop'd, and Chairs new-back'd.
1851 C. L. Smith tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered xi. lxxxv They who guided it their force applied To underprop it.
b. In figurative context.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > support with a prop
underprop1532
crutch1682
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 473/1 But Tyndall perceiuing..howe fieble hys building is that he setteth therupon, hath therfore..vndershoren, & vnderpropped it with certayn strong postes made of rotten redes.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 34 b Our deepe Devine doth underproppe his lazie Monckerie upon these pillars.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xi. 75 The effect thereof was, to implore ayde of that Egyptian Reed, to underprop their ruinous, and almost rotten Building.
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith 23 This doctrine is a..Pillar, to under prop the Chamber in Hell, which they call Purgatory.
2. figurative. To support or sustain; to maintain. (Very common c1550–1675.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]
lasteOE
i-hentc1225
uphold?c1225
upbeara1300
sustainc1300
understand13..
uplift1338
maintainc1350
supporta1393
underset1395
buttressc1400
supprise1447
bolster1508
stay1526
stay1526
undershore?a1534
underpropa1535
to hold up by the chin1546
back1548
suborn1548
suffult?c1550
upshore?1567
shoulder1577
upstay1600
underwrite1609
abone1622
crutch1641
float1823
backstop1956
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 Childehood must be maintained by mens authoritye, & slipper youth vnderpropped with elder counsayle.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 255 To vnderprop and strengthen this faith with ye signes of the good wil of God towarde it selfe.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B2 Within whose face Beautie and Vertue striued, Which of them both should vnderprop her fame. View more context for this quotation
1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. ii. 22 This art..of underpropping their reputation.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 168 He could th' unstable People's Tumults stop, And a declining Kingdom underprop.
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 47 He though fit to underprop it with his earthly God, the Leviathan.
1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 214 Moses is called in hastily to underprop his master Jesus.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 245 Leagues..on purpose made to under-prop Iniquity, and crush the sacred truth.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 300 Let such pure hate still underprop our love.
reflexive.1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (iii. 3) Assone as he hath underpropped himselfe with assurance of comfort.absolute.1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. G2 Yet marble courage still did vnderprop . View more context for this quotation
3. To form a prop or support to (something).
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a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. Dv Know that this Citie stands vpon seuen hilles That vnderprops the groundworke of the same.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 56 He had yet forsooth a statue or two, particularly one of Cheiron, which underpropp'd his table.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 133 There is nothing more natural than for the Ivy to be of opinion..that the Church cannot hold up longer than It underprops the Walls.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxi. 299 One considerable use of the wedge, is the raising up the beam of a house, to underprop it, when a floor begins to give way.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights xiv, in Poems 57 Six columns,..under-propped a rich Throne o' the massive ore.
1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xv. 360 The transverse plates..underpropping their flattest and weakest part.

Derivatives

underpropped adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > propped
underpight1377
shored1563
propped1612
underpropped1632
stutted1638
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [adjective] > supported or encouraged
underpropped1632
countenanced1692
espoused1828
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 6 O heauy vnder-prop'd wrongs.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 165 The old under-propped Scaffolds overladen with people, suddenly fell down.
underpropping adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective]
sustaining?c1425
affirmative?1504
supportable1531
upholding1553
supportive1593
supportful1610
underpropping1614
subjunctive1656
buttressing1672
supportative1803
upholdatory1829
sustenant1874
hand-holding1920
1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing iii. 45 There is no sinne, but we may..fall into, if Gods vnderpropping hand withdraw it selfe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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