underprop

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An acquaintance of Lowell’s bemoaned the habit Lowell had of “jumping at some general idea or theorem,” after which he “selects and bends facts to underprop that generalization.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Here am I left to underprop his land, Who, weak with age, cannot support myself.

From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William

What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent, To underprop this action?

From King John by Shakespeare, William

For this self-confidence, which might to a careless observer seem to underprop Peter’s courage, was to the eye of the Lord undermining it.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

For those He loves that underprop With daily virtues Heaven’s top, And bear the falling sky with ease, Unfrowning caryatides.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis