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underawes

underawes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underawe.

Meaning of underawe

Verb

underawe (third-person singular simple present underawes, present participle underawing, simple past and past participle underawed)

  1. To fail to inspire the intended degree of awe.
    • The absence of a conventional field force of any weight could only serve to underawe the Nazi and Fascist leaderships, ever ready to subjugate a lesser neighbor if an opportunity arose.2000, Robert J. Caputi, Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement, →ISBN, page 145

Questions about underawes

What is underawes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underawes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underawe.

Words near underawes in the dictionary

  1. underattribution
  2. underattributions
  3. underaverage
  4. underawe
  5. underawed
  6. underawes
  7. underawing
  8. underback
  9. underbacks
  10. underbailiff
  11. underbailiffs

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