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

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

Cavendish goes on to observe that Sir Walter was in wonderful declination, yet laboured to underprop himself by my Lord Treasurer and his friends.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

But, I pray, doth the word underprop or approve the use of anything indifferent, if it be not used according to the foresaid rules, and, by consequence, conveniently and profitably?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

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

From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William