UNDERN — UNDIAPHANOUS

UNDERN — UNDIAPHANOUS NWAD UNDERN.1

UNDERN, n. The third hour of the day, or nine o’clock. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERN.1

UNDERNEATH, adv. [under and neath. See Nether.] NWAD UNDERNEATH.1

Beneath; below; in a lower place. NWAD UNDERNEATH.2

Or sullen Mole that runneth underneath. NWAD UNDERNEATH.3

The slate did not lie flat upon it, but left a free passage underneath. NWAD UNDERNEATH.4

UNDERNEATH, prep. Under; beneath. NWAD UNDERNEATH.5

Underneath this stone doth lie. As much beauty as could die. NWAD UNDERNEATH.6

UNDEROFFICER, n. A subordinate officer. NWAD UNDEROFFICER.1

UNDEROGATORY, a. Not derogatory. NWAD UNDEROGATORY.1

UNDERPART, n. A subordinate part. NWAD UNDERPART.1

UNDERPETTICOAT, n. A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat. NWAD UNDERPETTICOAT.1

UNDERPIN, v.t. NWAD UNDERPIN.1

1. To lay stones under the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. NWAD UNDERPIN.2

2. To support by some solid foundation; or to place something underneath for support. NWAD UNDERPIN.3

UNDERPINNED, pp. Supported by stones or a foundation. NWAD UNDERPINNED.1

UNDERPINNING, ppr. Placing stones under the sills for support. NWAD UNDERPINNING.1

UNDERPINNING, n. NWAD UNDERPINNING.2

1. The act of laying stones under sills. NWAD UNDERPINNING.3

2. The stones on which a building immediately rests. NWAD UNDERPINNING.4

UNDERPLOT, n. NWAD UNDERPLOT.1

1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. NWAD UNDERPLOT.2

2. A clandestine scheme. NWAD UNDERPLOT.3

UNDERPRAISE, v.t. s as z. To praise below desert. NWAD UNDERPRAISE.1

UNDERPRIZE, v.t. To value at less than the worth; to undervalue. NWAD UNDERPRIZE.1

UNDERPRIZED, pp. Undervalued. NWAD UNDERPRIZED.1

UNDERPRIZING, ppr. Undervaluing. NWAD UNDERPRIZING.1

UNDERPROP, v.t. To support; to uphold. NWAD UNDERPROP.1

And underprop the head that bears the crown. NWAD UNDERPROP.2

UNDERPROPORTIONED, a. Having too little proportion. NWAD UNDERPROPORTIONED.1

Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility. NWAD UNDERPROPORTIONED.2

UNDERPULLER, n. An inferior puller. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERPULLER.1

UNDERRATE, v.t. To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. NWAD UNDERRATE.1

UNDERRATE, n. A price less than the worth; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. NWAD UNDERRATE.2

UNDERRUN, v.t. To pass under in a boat. NWAD UNDERRUN.1

To underrun a tackle, to separate its parts and put them in order. NWAD UNDERRUN.2

UNDERSATURATED, a. Not fully saturated; a chimical term. NWAD UNDERSATURATED.1

UNDERSAY, v.t. To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERSAY.1

UNDERSECRETARY, n. A secretary subordinate to the principal secretary. NWAD UNDERSECRETARY.1

UNDERSELL, v.t. To sell the same articles at a lower price than another. NWAD UNDERSELL.1

UNDERSELLING, ppr. Selling at a lower price. NWAD UNDERSELLING.1

UNDERSERVANT, n. An inferior servant. NWAD UNDERSERVANT.1

UNDERSET, v.t. To prop; to support. NWAD UNDERSET.1

UNDERSET, n. A current of water below the surface. NWAD UNDERSET.2

UNDERSETTER, n. A prop; a pedestal; a support. 1 Kings 7:30. NWAD UNDERSETTER.1

UNDERSETTING, ppr. Propping; supporting. NWAD UNDERSETTING.1

UNDERSETTING, n. The lower part; the pedestal. NWAD UNDERSETTING.2

UNDER-SHERIFF, n. A sheriff’s deputy. NWAD UNDER-SHERIFF.1

UNDERSHERIFRY, n. The office of an under-sheriff. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERSHERIFRY.1

UNDERSHOT, a. Moved by water passing under the wheel; opposed to overshot; as an undershot mill or mill-wheel. NWAD UNDERSHOT.1

UNDERSHRUB, n. A low shrub, permanent and woody at the base, but the yearly branches decaying. NWAD UNDERSHRUB.1

UNDERSOIL, n. Soil beneath the surface; subsoil. NWAD UNDERSOIL.1

UNDERSONG, n. Chorus; burden of a song. NWAD UNDERSONG.1

Menalcas shall sustain his undersong. NWAD UNDERSONG.2

UNDERSTAND, v.t. pret. and pp. understood. [under and stand. The sense is to support or hold in the mind.] NWAD UNDERSTAND.1

1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration. NWAD UNDERSTAND.2

2. To have the same ideas as the person who speaks, or the ideas which a person intends to communicate. I understood the preacher; the court perfectly understand the advocate or his argument. NWAD UNDERSTAND.3

3. To receive or have the ideas expressed or intended to be conveyed in a writing or book; to know the meaning. It is important that we should understand the sacred oracles. NWAD UNDERSTAND.4

4. To know the meaning or signs, or of anything intended to convey ideas; as, to understand a nod, a wink, or a motion. NWAD UNDERSTAND.5

5. To suppose to mean. NWAD UNDERSTAND.6

The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel. NWAD UNDERSTAND.7

6. To know by experience. NWAD UNDERSTAND.8

7. To know by instinct. NWAD UNDERSTAND.9

-Amorous intent, well understood. NWAD UNDERSTAND.10

8. To interpret, at least mentally. NWAD UNDERSTAND.11

9. To know another’s meaning. NWAD UNDERSTAND.12

10. To hold in opinion with conviction. NWAD UNDERSTAND.13

11. To mean without expressing. NWAD UNDERSTAND.14

War then, war, open or understood must be resolv’d. NWAD UNDERSTAND.15

12. To know what is not expressed. NWAD UNDERSTAND.16

I bring them to receive from thee their names, and pay thee fealty with low subjection; understand the same of fish. NWAD UNDERSTAND.17

13. To learn; to be informed. I understand that congress have passed the bill. NWAD UNDERSTAND.18

UNDERSTAND, v.i. NWAD UNDERSTAND.19

1. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent and conscious being. NWAD UNDERSTAND.20

All my soul be imparadis’d in you, in whom alone I understand, and grow, and see. NWAD UNDERSTAND.21

2. To be informed by another; to learn. NWAD UNDERSTAND.22

I understood of the evil that Eliashib did. Nehemiah 13:7. NWAD UNDERSTAND.23

UNDERSTANDABLE, a. That can be understood. [Not much used.] NWAD UNDERSTANDABLE.1

UNDERSTANDER, n. One who understands or knows by experience. [Little used.] NWAD UNDERSTANDER.1

UNDERSTANDING, ppr. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.1

1. Comprehending; apprehending the ideas or sense of another, or of a writing; learning or being informed. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.2

2. a. Knowing; skillful. He is an understanding man. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.3

UNDERSTANDING, n. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.4

1. The faculty of the human mind by which it apprehends the real state of things presented to it, or by which it receives or comprehends the ideas which others express and intend to communicate. The understanding is called also the intellectual faculty. It is the faculty by means of which we obtain a great part of our knowledge. Luke 24:45; Ephesians 1:18. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.5

By understanding I mean that faculty whereby we are enabled to apprehend the objects of knowledge, generals or particulars, absent or present, and to judge of their truth or falsehood, good or evil. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.6

There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding. Job 32:8. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.7

2. Knowledge; exact comprehension. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.8

Right understanding consists in the perception of the visible or probably agreement or disagreement of ideas. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.9

3. Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments. There is a good understanding between the minister and his people. NWAD UNDERSTANDING.10

UNDERSTANDINGLY, adv. Intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension of a question or subject; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. NWAD UNDERSTANDINGLY.1

The gospel may be neglected, but it cannot be understandingly disbelieved. NWAD UNDERSTANDINGLY.2

UNDERSTOOD, pret. and pp. of understand. NWAD UNDERSTOOD.1

UNDERSTRAPPER, n. A petty fellow; an inferior agent. NWAD UNDERSTRAPPER.1

UNDERSTRATUM, n. Subsoil; the bed or layer of earth on which the old or soil rests. NWAD UNDERSTRATUM.1

UNDERSTROKE, v.t. To underline. NWAD UNDERSTROKE.1

UNDERTAKABLE, a. That may be undertaken. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERTAKABLE.1

UNDERTAKE, v.t. pret. undertook; pp. undertaken. [under and take.] NWAD UNDERTAKE.1

1. To engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform. When I undertook this work, I had a very inadequate knowledge of the extent of my labors. NWAD UNDERTAKE.2

2. To covenant or contract to perform or execute. A man undertakes to erect a house, or to make a mile of canal, when he enters into stipulations for that purpose. NWAD UNDERTAKE.3

3. To attempt; as when a man undertakes what he cannot perform. NWAD UNDERTAKE.4

4. To assume a character. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERTAKE.5

5. To engage with; to attack. NWAD UNDERTAKE.6

Your lordship should not undertake every companion you offend. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERTAKE.7

6. To have the charge of. NWAD UNDERTAKE.8

- Who undertakes you to your end. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERTAKE.9

UNDERTAKE, v.i. NWAD UNDERTAKE.10

1. To take upon or assume any business or province. NWAD UNDERTAKE.11

O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isaiah 38:14. NWAD UNDERTAKE.12

2. To venture; to hazard. They dare not undertake. NWAD UNDERTAKE.13

3. To promise; to be bound. NWAD UNDERTAKE.14

I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. NWAD UNDERTAKE.15

To undertake for, to be bound; to become surety for. NWAD UNDERTAKE.16

UNDERTAKEN, pp. of undertake. The work was undertaken at his own expense. NWAD UNDERTAKEN.1

UNDERTAKER, n. NWAD UNDERTAKER.1

1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. NWAD UNDERTAKER.2

2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another. NWAD UNDERTAKER.3

3. One who manages funerals. NWAD UNDERTAKER.4

UNDERTAKING, ppr. Engaging in; taking in hand; beginning to perform; stipulating to execute. NWAD UNDERTAKING.1

UNDERTAKING, n. Any business, work or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. The canal, or the making of the canal, from the Hudson to lake Erie, a distance of almost four hundred miles, was the greatest undertaking of the kind in modern times. The attempt to find a navigable passage to the Pacific round North America, is a hazardous undertaking, and probably useless to navigation. NWAD UNDERTAKING.2

UNDERTENANT, n. The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant. NWAD UNDERTENANT.1

UNDERTIME, n. Undern-tide; the time after dinner, or in the evening. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDERTIME.1

UNDERTOOK, pret. of undertake. NWAD UNDERTOOK.1

UNDERTREASURER, n. undertrezh’urer. A subordinate treasurer. NWAD UNDERTREASURER.1

UNDERVALUATION, n. The act of valuing below the real worth; rate not equal to the worth. NWAD UNDERVALUATION.1

UNDERVALUE, v.t. NWAD UNDERVALUE.1

1. To value, rate or estimate below the real worth. NWAD UNDERVALUE.2

2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth. NWAD UNDERVALUE.3

In comparison of the discharge of my duties, I undervalued all designs of authority. NWAD UNDERVALUE.4

3. To despise; to hold in mean estimation. NWAD UNDERVALUE.5

I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. NWAD UNDERVALUE.6

UNDERVALUE, n. Low rate or price; a price less than the real worth. NWAD UNDERVALUE.7

UNDERVALUED, pp. Estimated at less than the real worth; slighted; despised. NWAD UNDERVALUED.1

UNDERVALUER, n. One who esteems lightly. NWAD UNDERVALUER.1

UNDERVALUING, ppr. Estimating at less than the real worth; slighting; despising. NWAD UNDERVALUING.1

UNDERWENT, pret. of undergo. He underwent severe trials. NWAD UNDERWENT.1

UNDERWOOD, n. Small trees that grow among large trees. NWAD UNDERWOOD.1

UNDERWORK, n. Subordinate work; petty affairs. NWAD UNDERWORK.1

UNDERWORK, v.t. NWAD UNDERWORK.2

1. To destroy by clandestine measures. NWAD UNDERWORK.3

2. To work or labor upon less than is sufficient or proper. NWAD UNDERWORK.4

3. To work at a less price than others in the like employment; as, one mason may underwork another; a shoemaker cannot underwork a joiner. NWAD UNDERWORK.5

UNDERWORKER, n. One who underworks; or a subordinate workman. NWAD UNDERWORKER.1

UNDERWORKING, ppr. Destroying clandestinely; working at a less price than others in the like employment. NWAD UNDERWORKING.1

UNDERWORKMAN, n. A subordinate workman. NWAD UNDERWORKMAN.1

UNDERWRITE, v.t. [See Write.] NWAD UNDERWRITE.1

1. To write under something else. NWAD UNDERWRITE.2

The change I have made, I have here underwritten. NWAD UNDERWRITE.3

2. To subscribe. We whose names are underwritten, agree to pay the sums expressed against your respective names. NWAD UNDERWRITE.4

3. To subscribe one’s name for insurance; to set one’s name to a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, for a certain premium per cent. Individuals underwrite policies of insurance, as well as companies. NWAD UNDERWRITE.5

The broker who procures insurance, ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. NWAD UNDERWRITE.6

UNDERWRITE, v.i. To practice insuring. NWAD UNDERWRITE.7

UNDERWRITER, n. One who insures; an insurer; so called because he underwrites his name to the conditions of the policy. NWAD UNDERWRITER.1

UNDERWRITING, ppr. NWAD UNDERWRITING.1

1. Writing under something. NWAD UNDERWRITING.2

2. Subscribing a policy; insuring. NWAD UNDERWRITING.3

UNDERWRITING, n. The act or practice of insuring ships, goods, houses, etc. NWAD UNDERWRITING.4

UNDERWRITTEN, pp. Written under; subscribed. NWAD UNDERWRITTEN.1

UNDESCENDIBLE, a. Not descendible; not capable of descending to heirs. NWAD UNDESCENDIBLE.1

UNDESCRIBED, a. Not described. NWAD UNDESCRIBED.1

UNDESCRIED, a. Not descried; not discovered; not seen. NWAD UNDESCRIED.1

UNDESERVED, a. s as z. Not deserved; not merited. NWAD UNDESERVED.1

UNDESERVEDLY, adv. Without desert, either good or evil. NWAD UNDESERVEDLY.1

UNDESERVEDNESS, n. Want of being worthy. NWAD UNDESERVEDNESS.1

UNDESERVER, n. One of no merit. NWAD UNDESERVER.1

UNDESERVING, a. NWAD UNDESERVING.1

1. Not deserving; not having merit. God continually supplies the wants of his undeserving creatures. NWAD UNDESERVING.2

2. Not meriting; with of; as a man undeserving of happiness, or of punishment. [This is rather harsh and unusual.] NWAD UNDESERVING.3

UNDESERVINGLY, adv. Without meriting any particular advantage or harm. NWAD UNDESERVINGLY.1

UNDESIGNED, a. Not designed; not intended; not proceeding from purpose; as, to do an undesigned injury. NWAD UNDESIGNED.1

UNDESIGNEDLY, adv. Without design or intention. NWAD UNDESIGNEDLY.1

UNDESIGNEDNESS, n. Freedom from design or set purpose. NWAD UNDESIGNEDNESS.1

UNDESIGNING, a. NWAD UNDESIGNING.1

1. Not acting with set purpose. NWAD UNDESIGNING.2

2. Sincere; upright; artless; having no artful or fraudulent purpose. It is base to practice on undesigning minds. NWAD UNDESIGNING.3

UNDESIRABLE, a. s as z. Not to be desired; not to be wished; not pleasing. NWAD UNDESIRABLE.1

UNDESIRED, a. s as z. Not desired, or not solicited. NWAD UNDESIRED.1

UNDESIRING, a. Not desiring; not wishing. NWAD UNDESIRING.1

UNDESPAIRING, a. Not yielding to despair. NWAD UNDESPAIRING.1

UNDESTROYABLE, a. Indestructible. [Not in use.] NWAD UNDESTROYABLE.1

UNDESTROYED, a. Not destroyed; not wasted; not ruined. NWAD UNDESTROYED.1

UNDETECTED, a. Not detected; not discovered; not laid open. NWAD UNDETECTED.1

UNDETERMINABLE, a. That cannot be determined or decided. NWAD UNDETERMINABLE.1

UNDETERMINATE, a. Not determinate; not settled or certain. [But indeterminate is now generally used.] NWAD UNDETERMINATE.1

UNDETERMINATENESS, n. Uncertainty; unsettled state. NWAD UNDETERMINATENESS.1

UNDETERMINATION, n. Indecision; uncertainty of mind. [See Indetermination, which is chiefly used.] NWAD UNDETERMINATION.1

UNDETERMINED, a. NWAD UNDETERMINED.1

1. Not determined; not settled; not decided. NWAD UNDETERMINED.2

2. Not limited; not defined; indeterminate. NWAD UNDETERMINED.3

UNDETERRED, a. Not deterred; not restrained by fear or obstacles. NWAD UNDETERRED.1

UNDETESTING, a. Not detesting; not abhorring. NWAD UNDETESTING.1

UNDEVELOPED, a. Not opened or unfolded. NWAD UNDEVELOPED.1

UNDEVIATING, a. NWAD UNDEVIATING.1

1. Not deviating; not departing from the way, or from a rule, principle or purpose; steady; regular; as an undeviating course of virtue. NWAD UNDEVIATING.2

2. Not erring; not wandering; not crooked. NWAD UNDEVIATING.3