undergird

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verb

1. lend moral support to
• Hypernyms:
support, back up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
2. make secure underneath
- undergird the ship
• Syn:
brace up
• Hypernyms:
strengthen, beef up, fortify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something