Definition of "undergirds" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undergird. (verb)

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• "If hackers earlier this year truly absconded with the detailed software coding that undergirds Google's Gaia password system, as reported by the New York Times this week, the search giant could be facing complex security and liability issues for some time to come, security and tech industry analysts say."
• "The neglect at freshmen orientation of the aim of liberal education and how it undergirds and is undergirded by the principles of freedom is not an accident."
• "Nonetheless a wave of tension undergirds it all, as so many careers of young hopefuls will be made -- or not made here, and so many films either take off or never find an audience."