Category:Underlie

Un`der*lie", v. t. Etym: [as. underlicgan. See under, and lie to be Prostrate.]

1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum Of clay underlies the surface gravel.

2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, A doctrine underlying a theory.

3. To be subject or amenable to. [r.] The knight of ivanhoe. . . underlies the challenge of brian der bois Guilbert. Sir w. Scott.

Underlie Un`der*lie", v. i.

Defn: to lie below or under.

Underlie Un"der*lie`, n.

Defn: see underlay, n., 1.