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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
underlie/ʌndəˈlʌɪ/

▶verb (underlies, underlying; past underlay; past part. underlain)

1 lie or be situated under.

2 (often as adj. underlying) be the cause or basis of.

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underlay - underlying

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