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underly
Etymology 1
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(context dialectal English) poor; inferior. Etymology 2
v
(alternative spelling of underlie English)
Usage examples of "underly".
It might underly some, only, in each order, the others being causeless.
It might, again, underly the Realm of Process universally while in the Realm of Authentic Existence some things were caused, others not, or all were causeless.
Cause might conceivably underly all the entities in both orders or none in either.
When we recognize it, resident among the mass of things, our business is to see it for what it is--present to the items but essentially distinguished from them--and, while not denying it there, to seek this underly of all no longer as it appears in those other things but as it stands in its pure identity by itself.