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(transitive) 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.
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Underprop means (transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up..
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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.
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