underprop

== English == === Etymology === From under- +‎ prop. === Pronunciation === === Verb === underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped) (transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up. , II.12: 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.