undergird

Pronunciation:		`undu'gurd
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[v] make secure underneath; "undergird the ship" [v] lend moral support to

	Synonyms:	brace up

	See Also:	back up, beef up, fortify, strengthen, support

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Un`der*gird"\, v. t. To blind below; to gird round the bottom. They used helps, undergirding the ship. --Acts xxvii. 17.