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undersaying

undersaying is the present participle and gerund of undersay.

Meaning of undersay

Verb

undersay (third-person singular simple present undersays, present participle undersaying, simple past and past participle undersaid)

  1. (obsolete) To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
    • They say, they con to heaven the highway; But by my soul I dare undersay, They never set foot on that same troad, But balke their right way, and strayen abroad.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “September. Ægloga Nona.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
  2. To understate.
    • My words undersay it, of course; I mean something rarer than critical, something better than ethical, and perhaps I had better retreat upon such a word as spiritual.1899, W.D. Howells, “The New Poetry”, in The North American Review, volume 168, page 586

Questions about undersaying

What is undersaying the present participle and gerund of?
Undersaying is the present participle and gerund of undersay.

Words near undersaying in the dictionary

  1. undersaving
  2. undersaw
  3. undersawyer
  4. undersawyers
  5. undersay
  6. undersaying
  7. undersays
  8. underscan
  9. underscarf
  10. underscarfs
  11. underscarves

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