underlined

Verb

underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)

1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
   • underline the important words in the text

   Synonyms:

   underscore

2. (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something.
   • The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBCSport
3. (figuratively, obsolete) To influence secretly.
   • By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham

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