Both Uses of
underlie
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- And so I accept God and am glad to, and what's more, I accept His wisdom, His purpose—which are utterly beyond our ken; I believe in the underlying order and the meaning of life; I believe in the eternal harmony in which they say we shall one day be blended.†
Chpt 5 *
- I will note, too, in passing, that although many in our town knew of the grotesque and monstrous rivalry of the Karamazovs, father and son, the object of which was Grushenka, scarcely any one understood what really underlay her attitude to both of them.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(underlie) is the root cause or basis for something;
or: lie underneath