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What is the verb for undergird?

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undergird
  1. To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
  2. To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
  3. To lend moral support to.
  4. To secure below or underneath.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “What are the strategies that undergird successful comebacks?”
      “Some are, some aren't, depending on the philosophical basis which undergird those theories.”
      “To the contrary, he views them as essential to restoring the economic strength that must undergird that power.”
undergirds
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undergird
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A single piece of legislation never exists in isolation from the tapestry of law that undergirds life in Aotearoa New Zealand.”
      “This reflects a central flaw in the philosophy which undergirds the bill, in two respects.”
      “The dire economic situation undergirds this point: Washington should delay immediate fiscal cuts.”
undergirded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of undergird
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Such assistance will require an approach that includes development and humanitarian dimensions, undergirded by the political will of States.”
      “It exudes creativity, innovation, and an entrepreneurial spirit, all undergirded by a business substrate that supports its explosive growth.”
      “It would need to be undergirded by an effective and trusted independent monitoring mechanism.”
undergirding
  1. present participle of undergird
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    1. “Until there are some real human institutions undergirding their society, they need a semi-authoritarian center.”
      “Healthy marriage is the best foundation for families and the raising of children and brings social stability, thus undergirding society.”
      “They may have been planned, suggests Prof. Baldwin Brown, to carry an undergirding arch such as occurs beneath some wooden roofs.”
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