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underweened

underweened is the simple past and past participle of underween.

Meaning of underween

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

Questions about underweened

What is underweened the simple past and past participle of?
Underweened is the simple past and past participle of underween.

Words near underweened in the dictionary

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

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