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Verb: underpin (underpinned,underpinning)  `úndur'pin
  1. Support from beneath
     
  2. Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
    - corroborate, bear out, support

Derived forms: underpinned, underpinning, underpins

Type of: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, hold, hold up, jibe, match, support, sustain, tally

Encyclopedia: Underpin