underprop

Etymology

From under- + prop.

underprop means to prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

verb

To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.“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.”