UNDECK — UNDERMOST NWAD UNDECK.1

UNDECK, v.t. To divest of ornaments. NWAD UNDECK.1

UNDECKED, pp. NWAD UNDECKED.1

1. Deprived of ornaments. NWAD UNDECKED.2

2. a. Not decked; not adorned. NWAD UNDECKED.3

UNDECLARED, a. Not declared; not avowed. NWAD UNDECLARED.1

UNDECLINABLE, a. NWAD UNDECLINABLE.1

1. That cannot be declined. NWAD UNDECLINABLE.2

2. Not to be avoided. NWAD UNDECLINABLE.3

UNDECLINED, a. NWAD UNDECLINED.1

1. Not deviating; not turned from the right way. NWAD UNDECLINED.2

2. Not varied in termination; as a noun undeclined. NWAD UNDECLINED.3

UNDECOMPOSABLE, a. s as z. Not admitting decomposition; that cannot be decomposed. NWAD UNDECOMPOSABLE.1

UNDECOMPOSED, a. s as z. Not decomposed; not separated; as constituent particles. NWAD UNDECOMPOSED.1

UNDECOMPOUNDED, a. Not decompounded. NWAD UNDECOMPOUNDED.1

UNDECORATED, a. Not adorned; not embellished; plain. NWAD UNDECORATED.1

To leave the character of Christ undecorated, to make its own impression. NWAD UNDECORATED.2

UNDEDICATED, a. NWAD UNDEDICATED.1

1. Not dedicated; not consecrated. NWAD UNDEDICATED.2

2. Not inscribed to a patron. NWAD UNDEDICATED.3

UNDEEDED, a. NWAD UNDEEDED.1

1. Not signalized by any great action. NWAD UNDEEDED.2

2. Not transferred by deed; as undeeded land. [Local.] NWAD UNDEEDED.3

UNDEFACEABLE, a. That cannot be defaced. NWAD UNDEFACEABLE.1

UNDEFACED, a. Not deprived of its form; not disfigured; as an undefaced statue. NWAD UNDEFACED.1

UNDEFEASIBLE, a. s as z. Not defeasible. [But indefeasible is chiefly used.] NWAD UNDEFEASIBLE.1

UNDEFENDED, a. NWAD UNDEFENDED.1

1. Not defended; not protected. NWAD UNDEFENDED.2

2. Not vindicated. NWAD UNDEFENDED.3

3. Open to assault; being without works of defense. NWAD UNDEFENDED.4

UNDEFIED, a. Not set at defiance; not challenged. NWAD UNDEFIED.1

UNDEFILED, a. Not defiled; not polluted; not vitiated. NWAD UNDEFILED.1

UNDEFINABLE, a. NWAD UNDEFINABLE.1

1. Not definable; not capable of being described or limited; as the undefinable bounds of space. NWAD UNDEFINABLE.2

2. That cannot be described by interpretation or definition. NWAD UNDEFINABLE.3

Simple ideas are undefinable. NWAD UNDEFINABLE.4

UNDEFINABLENESS, n. The quality or state of being undefinable. NWAD UNDEFINABLENESS.1

UNDEFINED, a. NWAD UNDEFINED.1

1. Not defined; not described by definition or explanation. NWAD UNDEFINED.2

2. Not having its limits described. NWAD UNDEFINED.3

UNDEFLOURED, a. Not debauched; not vitiated. NWAD UNDEFLOURED.1

UNDEFORMED, a. Not deformed; not disfigured. NWAD UNDEFORMED.1

UNDEFRAUDED, a. Not defrauded. NWAD UNDEFRAUDED.1

UNDEFRAYED, a. Not defrayed; not paid. NWAD UNDEFRAYED.1

UNDEGRADED, a. Not degraded. NWAD UNDEGRADED.1

UNDEIFY, v.t. To reduce from the state of Deity. NWAD UNDEIFY.1

UNDELEGATED, a. Not delegated; not deputed; not granted; as undelegated authority; undelegated powers. NWAD UNDELEGATED.1

UNDELIBERATED, a. Not carefully considered; as an undeliberated measure. [Not correct.] NWAD UNDELIBERATED.1

UNDELIBERATING, a. Not deliberating; not hesitating; hasty; prompt. NWAD UNDELIBERATING.1

UNDELIGHTED, a. Not delighted; not well pleased. NWAD UNDELIGHTED.1

UNDELIGHTFUL, a. Not giving delight or great pleasure. NWAD UNDELIGHTFUL.1

UNDELIVERED, a. Not delivered; not communicated. NWAD UNDELIVERED.1

UNDEMANDED, a. Not demanded; not required. NWAD UNDEMANDED.1

UNDEMOLISHED, a. NWAD UNDEMOLISHED.1

1. Not demolished; not pulled down. NWAD UNDEMOLISHED.2

2. Not destroyed. NWAD UNDEMOLISHED.3

UNDEMONSTRABLE, a. NWAD UNDEMONSTRABLE.1

1. Not capable of fuller evidence. NWAD UNDEMONSTRABLE.2

2. Not capable of demonstration. NWAD UNDEMONSTRABLE.3

UNDENIABLE, a. That cannot be denied; as undeniable evidence. NWAD UNDENIABLE.1

UNDENIABLY, adv. So plainly as to admit no contradiction or denial. NWAD UNDENIABLY.1

UNDEPENDING, a. Not dependent. NWAD UNDEPENDING.1

UNDEPLORED, a. Not lamented. NWAD UNDEPLORED.1

UNDEPOSABLE, a. s as z. That cannot be deposed from office. NWAD UNDEPOSABLE.1

UNDEPRAVED, a. Not corrupted; not vitiated. NWAD UNDEPRAVED.1

UNDEPRECATED, a. Not deprecated. NWAD UNDEPRECATED.1

UNDEPRECIATED, a. Not depreciated; not lowered in value. NWAD UNDEPRECIATED.1

UNDEPRIVED, a. Not deprived; not divested of by authority; not stripped of any possession. NWAD UNDEPRIVED.1

UNDER, prep. NWAD UNDER.1

1. Beneath; below; so as to have something over or above. He stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover. We may see things under water; we have a cellar under the whole house. NWAD UNDER.2

2. In a state of pupilage or subjection; as a youth under a tutor; a ward under a guardian; colonies under the British government. NWAD UNDER.3

I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. Matthew 8:9. NWAD UNDER.4

3. In a less degree than. The effect of medicine is sometimes under and sometimes above or over its natural strength. NWAD UNDER.5

4. For less than. He would not sell the horse under forty pounds. NWAD UNDER.6

5. Less than; below. There are parishes in England under forty pounds a year. NWAD UNDER.7

6. With the pretense of; with the cover or pretext of. He does this under the name of love. This argument is not to be evaded under some plausible distinction. NWAD UNDER.8

7. With less than. NWAD UNDER.9

Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. NWAD UNDER.10

8. In a degree, state or rank inferior to. NWAD UNDER.11

It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. NWAD UNDER.12

9. In a state of being loaded; in a state of bearing or being burdened; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression. NWAD UNDER.13

10. In a state of oppression or subjection to, the state in which a person is considered as bearing or having any thing laid upon him; as, to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a christian under reproaches and injuries. NWAD UNDER.14

11. In a state of liability or obligation. No man shall trespass but under the pains and penalties of the law. Attend to the conditions under which you enter upon your office. We are under the necessity of obeying the laws. Nuns are under vows of chastity. We all lie under the curse of the law, until redeemed by Christ. NWAD UNDER.15

12. In the state of bearing and being known by; as men trading under the firm of Wright & Co. NWAD UNDER.16

13. In the state of; in the enjoyment or possession of. We live under the gospel dispensation. NWAD UNDER.17

14. During the time of. The American revolution commenced under the administration of lord North. NWAD UNDER.18

15. Not having reached or arrived to; below. He left three sons under age. NWAD UNDER.19

16. Represented by; in the form of. Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. [But morph, in Ethiopic, signifies cessation, rest.] NWAD UNDER.20

17. In the state of protection or defense. Under favor of the prince, our author was promoted. The enemy landed under cover of their batteries. NWAD UNDER.21

18. As bearing a particular character. NWAD UNDER.22

The duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. NWAD UNDER.23

19. Being contained or comprehended in. NWAD UNDER.24

Under this head may be mentioned the contests between the popes and the secular princes. NWAD UNDER.25

20. Attested by; signed by. Here is a deed under his hand and seal. NWAD UNDER.26

He has left us evidence under his own hand. NWAD UNDER.27

21. In a state of being handled, treated or discussed, or of being the subject of. The bill is now under discussion. We shall have the subject under consideration next week. NWAD UNDER.28

22. In subordination to. Under God, this is our only safety. NWAD UNDER.29

23. In subjection or bondage to; ruled or influenced by; in a moral sense; within the dominion of. NWAD UNDER.30

They are all under sin. Romans 3:9. NWAD UNDER.31

Under a signature, bearing, as a name or title. NWAD UNDER.32

Under way, in seamen’s language, moving; in a condition to make progress. NWAD UNDER.33

To keep under, to hold in subjection or control; to restrain. NWAD UNDER.34

I keep under my body. 1 Corinthians 9:27. NWAD UNDER.35

UNDER, a. Lower in degree; subject; subordinate; as an under officer; under sheriff. NWAD UNDER.36

Under is much used in composition. For the etymologies, see the principal words. NWAD UNDER.37

UNDERACTION, n. Subordinate action; action not essential to the main story. NWAD UNDERACTION.1

The least episodes or underactions - are parts necessary to the main design. NWAD UNDERACTION.2

UNDERAGENT, n. A subordinate agent. NWAD UNDERAGENT.1

UNDERBEAR, v.t. NWAD UNDERBEAR.1

1. To support; to endure. NWAD UNDERBEAR.2

2. To line; to guard; as cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. Obs. NWAD UNDERBEAR.3

UNDERBEARER, n. In funerals, one who sustains the corpse. NWAD UNDERBEARER.1

UNDERBID, v.t. To bid or offer less than another; as in auctions, when a contract or service is set up to the lowest bidder. NWAD UNDERBID.1

UNDERBRED, a. Of inferior breeding or manners. NWAD UNDERBRED.1

UNDERBRUSH, n. Shrubs and small trees in a wood or forest, growing under large trees. NWAD UNDERBRUSH.1

UNDERBUY, v.t. To buy at less than a thing is worth. [Not used.] NWAD UNDERBUY.1

UNDERCHAMBERLAIN, n. A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer. NWAD UNDERCHAMBERLAIN.1

UNDERCLERK, n. A clerk subordinate to the principal clerk. NWAD UNDERCLERK.1

UNDERCROFT, n. A vault under the choir or chancel of a church; also, a vault or secret walk under ground. NWAD UNDERCROFT.1

UNDERCURRENT, n. A current below the surface of the water. NWAD UNDERCURRENT.1

UNDERDITCH, v.t. To form a deep ditch or trench to drain the surface of land. NWAD UNDERDITCH.1

UNDERDO, v.i. NWAD UNDERDO.1

1. To act below one’s abilities. NWAD UNDERDO.2

2. To do less than is requisite. NWAD UNDERDO.3

UNDERDOSE, n. A quantity less than a dose. NWAD UNDERDOSE.1

UNDERDOSE, v.i. To take small doses. NWAD UNDERDOSE.2

UNDERDRAIN, n. A drain or trench below the surface of the ground. NWAD UNDERDRAIN.1

UNDERDRAIN, v.t. To drain by cutting a deep channel below the surface. NWAD UNDERDRAIN.2

UNDERFACTION, n. A subordinate faction. NWAD UNDERFACTION.1

UNDERFARMER, n. A subordinate farmer. NWAD UNDERFARMER.1

UNDERFELLOW, n. A mean sorry wretch. NWAD UNDERFELLOW.1

UNDERFILLING, n. The lower part of a building. NWAD UNDERFILLING.1

UNDERFONG, v.t. To take in hand. Obs. NWAD UNDERFONG.1

UNDERFOOT, adv. Beneath. NWAD UNDERFOOT.1

UNDERFOOT, a. Low; base; abject; trodden down. NWAD UNDERFOOT.2

UNDERFURNISH, v.t. To supply with less than enough. NWAD UNDERFURNISH.1

UNDERFURNISHED, pp. Supplied with less than enough. NWAD UNDERFURNISHED.1

UNDERFURNISHING, ppr. Furnishing with less than enough. NWAD UNDERFURNISHING.1

UNDERFURROW, adv. In agriculture, to sow underforrow, is to plow in seed. This phrase is applied to other operations, in which something is covered by the furrow-slice. NWAD UNDERFURROW.1

UNDERGIRD, v.t. [See Gird.] To bind below; to gird round the bottom. Acts 27:17. NWAD UNDERGIRD.1

UNDERGO, v.t. NWAD UNDERGO.1

1. To suffer; to endure something burdensome or painful to the body or the mind; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain; to undergo grief or anxiety; to undergo the operation of amputation. NWAD UNDERGO.2

2. To pass through. Bread in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion; it undergoes a material alteration. NWAD UNDERGO.3

3. To sustain without fainting, yielding or sinking. Can you undergo the operation, or the fatigue? NWAD UNDERGO.4

4. To be the bearer of; to possess. NWAD UNDERGO.5

Virtues - as infinite as man may undergo. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERGO.6

5. To support; to hazard. NWAD UNDERGO.7

I have mov’d certain Romans to undergo with me an enterprise. NWAD UNDERGO.8

6. To be subject to. NWAD UNDERGO.9

Claudio undergoes my challenge. Obs. NWAD UNDERGO.10

UNDERGOING, ppr. Suffering; enduring. NWAD UNDERGOING.1

UNDERGONE, pp. undergawn’. Borne; suffered; sustained; endured. Who can tell how many evils and pains he has undergone? NWAD UNDERGONE.1

UNDERGRADUATE, n. A student or member of a university or college, who has not taken his first degree. NWAD UNDERGRADUATE.1

UNDERGROUND, n. A place or space beneath the surface of the ground. NWAD UNDERGROUND.1

UNDERGROUND, a. Being below the surface of the ground; as an underground story or apartment. NWAD UNDERGROUND.2

UNDERGROUND, adv. Beneath the surface of the earth. NWAD UNDERGROUND.3

UNDERGROWTH, n. That which grows under trees; shrubs or small trees growing among large ones. NWAD UNDERGROWTH.1

UNDERHAND, adv. NWAD UNDERHAND.1

1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner. NWAD UNDERHAND.2

2. By fraud; by fraudulent means. NWAD UNDERHAND.3

UNDERHAND, a. Secret; clandestine; usually implying meanness or fraud, or both. He obtained the place by underhand practices. NWAD UNDERHAND.4

UNDERHANDED, a. Underhand; clandestine. [This is the word in more general use in the United States.] NWAD UNDERHANDED.1

UNDERIVED, a. Not derived; not borrowed; not received from a foreign source. NWAD UNDERIVED.1

UNDERKEEPER, n. A subordinate keeper. NWAD UNDERKEEPER.1

UNDERLABORER, n. A subordinate workman NWAD UNDERLABORER.1

UNDERLAID, pp. or a. [from underlay.] Having something lying or laid beneath; as sand underlaid with clay. NWAD UNDERLAID.1

UNDERLAY, v.t. To lay beneath; to support by something laid under. NWAD UNDERLAY.1

UNDERLEAF, n. A sort of apple good for cider. NWAD UNDERLEAF.1

UNDERLET, v.t. NWAD UNDERLET.1

1. To let below the value. NWAD UNDERLET.2

2. To let or lease, as a lessee or tenant; to let under a lease. NWAD UNDERLET.3

It is a matter of much importance - that the tenant should have power to underlet his farms. NWAD UNDERLET.4

UNDERLETTER, n. A tenant who leases. NWAD UNDERLETTER.1

UNDERLETTING, ppr. Letting or leasing under a lease or by a lessee. NWAD UNDERLETTING.1

UNDERLETTING, n. The act or practice of letting lands by lessees or tenants. [This is called also subletting.] NWAD UNDERLETTING.2

UNDERLINE, v.t. NWAD UNDERLINE.1

1. To mark with a line below the words; sometimes called scoring. NWAD UNDERLINE.2

2. To influence secretly. [Not used.] NWAD UNDERLINE.3

UNDERLINED, pp. Marked with a line underneath. NWAD UNDERLINED.1

UNDERLING, n. An inferior person or agent; a mean sorry fellow. NWAD UNDERLING.1

UNDERLINING, ppr. Marking with a line below. NWAD UNDERLINING.1

UNDERLOCK, n. A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep. NWAD UNDERLOCK.1

UNDERMASTER, n. A master subordinate to the principal master. NWAD UNDERMASTER.1

UNDERMEAL, n. A repast before dinner. NWAD UNDERMEAL.1

UNDERMINE, v.t. NWAD UNDERMINE.1

1. To sap; to excavate the earth beneath, for the purpose of suffering to fall, or of blowing up; as, to undermine a wall. NWAD UNDERMINE.2

2. To excavate the earth beneath. Rapid streams often undermine their banks and the trees growing upon them. NWAD UNDERMINE.3

3. To remove the foundation or support of any thing by clandestine means; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. NWAD UNDERMINE.4

He should be warned who are like to undermine him. NWAD UNDERMINE.5

UNDERMINED, pp. Sapped; having the foundation removed. NWAD UNDERMINED.1

UNDERMINER, n. NWAD UNDERMINER.1

1. One that saps, or excavates the earth beneath any thing. NWAD UNDERMINER.2

2. One that clandestinely removes the foundation or support; one that secretly overthrows; as an underminer of the church. NWAD UNDERMINER.3

UNDERMINING, ppr. Sapping; digging away the earth beneath; clandestinely removing the supports of. NWAD UNDERMINING.1

UNDERMOST, a. NWAD UNDERMOST.1

1. Lowest in place beneath others. NWAD UNDERMOST.2

2. Lowest in state or condition. NWAD UNDERMOST.3

The party that is undermost. NWAD UNDERMOST.4