Un`der*lie" (?), v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate.]
1.
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2.
To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3.
To be subject or amenable to.
[R.]
The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert.
Sir W. Scott.
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Un`der*lie", v. i.
To lie below or under.
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Un"der*lie` (?), n.
See Underlay, n., 1.
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