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underween

underween verb: to undervalue.

Verb

underween (third-person singular simple present underweens, present participle underweening, simple past and past participle underweened)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To undervalue.
    • ...in this Commandment is forbidden too high a conceit or esteem of ourselves, and so also is too mean a conceit, in underweening the good things that be in ourselves,1837, Edward Fisher, Thomas Boston, The Marrow of Modern Divinity: In Two Parts, page 290
    • You'd better underween.1977, Cornell University, Epoch: Volumes 27-28

Forms of underween

third-person singular presentunderweens
present participleunderweening
past participleunderweened
pastunderweened

Origin of underween

From under- + ween.

Words formed from underween

Questions about underween

What does underween mean?
Underween means to undervalue.
What part of speech is underween?
Underween is a verb.
What is the past tense of underween?
The past tense of underween is underweened.

Words near underween in the dictionary

  1. underweared
  2. underwearless
  3. underwearlessness
  4. underwears
  5. underwebbing
  6. underween
  7. underweened
  8. underweening
  9. underweens
  10. underweigh
  11. underweighs

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