underfong
underfong verb: to seduce, entrap; surround, overcome.
Verb
underfong (third-person singular simple present underfongs, present participle underfonging, simple past and past participle underfonged)
- To seduce, entrap; surround, overcome.
- Thou..that by trecheree Didst underfong my lasse, to wexe so light.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC
- And some by sleight he eke doth underfong.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Examples of underfong in a sentence
- They haue towres upon them sixteene: mounts underfonging & enflancking them.1599, T. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe:
- For, time will underfong us; and our voice Woll woxen weake; […]1614, J. Davies in W. Browne, Shepheards Pipe:
Forms of underfong
| third-person singular present | underfongs |
|---|---|
| present participle | underfonging |
| past participle | underfonged |
| past | underfonged |
Origin of underfong
From Middle English underfongen, underfangen, from Old English underfōn (“to receive, undertake, accept”), from Proto-West Germanic *underfą̄han (“to receive, undertake”). Cognate with Dutch ondervangen, German unterfangen.
Questions about underfong
- What does underfong mean?
- Underfong means to seduce, entrap; surround, overcome.
- How do you use underfong in a sentence?
- They haue towres upon them sixteene: mounts underfonging & enflancking them.
- What part of speech is underfong?
- Underfong is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underfong?
- The past tense of underfong is underfonged.
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