underpin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: underpin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for underpin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
underpin v support from beneath support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" Synonym(s): corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Underpin \Un`der*pin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underpinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underpinning}.] 1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. 2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.