Undergird

v. t.

1.

To bind below; to gird round the bottom. They used helps, undergirding the ship. - Acts xxvii. 17.

Verb	1.	undergird - lend moral support to
	2.	undergird - make secure underneath; "undergird the ship" Synonyms: brace up

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