underprop

English edit

Etymology edit

From under- +‎ prop.

Verb edit

underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped)

(transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  , II.12:
  He hath employed all his wit to frame him selfe anew (as impatient of his fortune) and to underprop or uphold himselfe by his inventions.