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underfeel

underfeel verb: to secretly gain knowledge from.

Verb

underfeel (third-person singular simple present underfeels, present participle underfeeling, simple past and past participle underfelt)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To secretly gain knowledge from.
    • Under a show of messengers and invitants to Absalom's feast, but indeed to underfeel the chief of each tribe, and to acquaint them with the intent of the meeting at Hebron.1662, John Trapp, Hugh Martin, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Volume 1, page 516
    • They did not impart this Deliberation to the Senate, for fear of making it too publick, truſting the Secret with none but Marco Antonio Barbaro, who was detained Priſoner at Conſtantinople: They charged him to underfeel the Grand Vizier, and conclude a Peace upon reaſonable Conditions; and in the...1687, [Antonio Maria Graziani], translated by Robert Midgley, The History of the War of Cyprus. […], London: […] J. Rawlins, and sold by Randal Taylor, […], page 336
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To feel inadequately or to a lesser degree than expected.
    • As a child I had to fill in a lot of the missing information so I would “overthink,” “underfeel,” and stay confused and out of touch.1996, Jean J. Jenson, Reclaiming Your Life, →ISBN
    • What I see from my world is your indecisiveness, you 'underfeel and undertell' to gain their support, is that not where you are my lady?2015, William Charles Henderson, Search for a Street Prophet, →ISBN

Noun

underfeel (plural underfeels)

  1. An underlying feeling.
    • Against the text in Sango, the beat becomes more urgent and polyrhythmic, shifting from what began as a reggae-like underfeel to a fast rumba.2006, Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya, Music of the Sirens, →ISBN

Forms of underfeel

Verb
third-person singular presentunderfeels
present participleunderfeeling
past participleunderfelt
pastunderfelt
Noun
pluralunderfeels

Origin of underfeel

From under- + feel.

Questions about underfeel

What does underfeel mean?
Underfeel means to secretly gain knowledge from.
What part of speech is underfeel?
Underfeel can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underfeel?
The past tense of underfeel is underfelt.

Words near underfeel in the dictionary

  1. underfeeder
  2. underfeeders
  3. underfeeding
  4. underfeedings
  5. underfeeds
  6. underfeel
  7. underfeeling
  8. underfeelings
  9. underfeels
  10. underfeet
  11. underfellow

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