Ŭn'der-fŏng', v. t.

v. t. [A.-S. underfangan, under-fōn, to undertake, from under, under, and fangan, fōn, to take; N. H. Ger. unterfangen, M. H. Ger. undervangen, undervehen.] To take in hand; to circumvent; to entrap. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.