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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ŭn'der-vērse, n. p. 1440The lower or second verse. [Obs.] Spenser.Ŭn'der-ween', v. t. p. 1440To undervalue. [Obs.]Ŭn'der-wĕnt', imp. p. 1440of undergo. See UNDERGO.Ŭn'der-wo͝od, n. p. 1440Small trees that grow among large trees; coppice.Ŭn'der-work', v. t. p. 1440To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another; a shoemaker can not underwork a joiner. 2. To undermine; to destroy by clandestine measures. But thou from loving England…Ŭn’der-work’, v. i. p. 1440To work or labor upon less, or for a less price than is sufficient or proper. 2. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. [Rare.] B. Jonson.Ŭn'der-work'er, n. p. 1440One who underworks. 2. An inferior or subordinate workman.Ŭn'der-world, n. p. 1440The lower or inferior world. “That over-spreads this under-world.” Daniel. 2. The inferior or subordinate portion of mankind. [Rare.] Atterbury. 3. The portion of the world which is beneath or beyond…Ŭn'der-wrīte', v. t. p. 1440To write under something else; to subscribe. The change I have made I have here underwritten. Saunderson. 2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance; to set one's name to, as a policy of insurance…Un'der-wrīte', v. i. p. 1440To practice insuring.Ŭn'der-writ'er, n. p. 1440One who insures; an insurer; — so called because he underwrites his name to the conditions of the policy.Ŭn-de-sĕrv'er, n. p. 1440One of no merit; one who is not deserving or worthy. [Obs.] Shak.Un/de-sign'ing, p. a. p. 1440Sincere; upright; artless; having no artful or fraudulent purpose; as, it is base to practice on undesigning minds.Un'de-stroy'a-ble, a. p. 1440Indestructible. [Obs.] Boyle.Un'de-tĕr'mi-na-ble, a. p. 1440Indeterminable. [Obs.]Un'de-tēr'mi-nate, a. p. 1440Not determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate. [Obs.]Un'de-tēr'mi-nate-ness, n. p. 1440Uncertainty; unsettled state; indecision; indeterminateness. [Obs.]Un'de-tēr'mi-nā'tion, n. p. 1440Indecision; uncertainty of mind; indetermination. [Obs.]Un'de-tēr'mined, a. p. 1440Not determined; not settled; not decided. 2. Not limited; not defined; indeterminate; unbounded.Un-dē'vi-ā'ting, a. p. 1440Not deviating; not departing from the way, or from a rule, principle, or purpose; steady; regular; as, an undeviating course of virtue. 2. Not erring; not wandering; not crooked.Un-dē'vi-ā'ting-ly, adv. p. 1440In an undeviating manner; without wandering; steadily; regularly.Un-dēv'il, v. t. p. 1440To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit. [Obs. and rare.] The boy . . . would not be undeviled by all their exorcisms. Fuller.Ŭn/de-vōte'ly, adv. p. 1440Undevoutly. [Obs.]Un-did', imp. p. 1440of undo. See UNDO.Un-dīg'e-nōus, a. p. 1440Generated by water. [Rare.] Kirwan.Un-dight', v. t. p. 1440To put off. [Obs.] Spencer.Un-dig'ni-fied, a. p. 1440Not dignified; occasioning loss of dignity; common; mean.Un-dīne', n. p. 1440One of a class of fabled water-spirits. [Written also ondine.]Un-di'o-cēsed, a. p. 1440Unprovided with a diocese; stripped of a diocese. [Rare.] Milton.Un'di-rēct', v. t. p. 1440To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs. and rare.] “Who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest.” Fuller.Un'di-rēct'ed, a. p. 1440Not directed; not guided; left without direction. 2. Misdirected; misled. [Rare.] 3. Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.Un'dis-cĕrn'ing, n. p. 1440Want of discernment. [Rare.]Un-dis'ci-plīned, a. p. 1440Not disciplined; not duly exercised and taught; not subdued to regularity and order; raw; as, undisciplined troops; undisciplined valor. 2. Not instructed; untaught; as, undisciplined minds.Ŭn’dis-elōse’, v. t. p. 1440Not to discover; to keep close or secret. [Obs.] Daniel.Un'dis-crēt', a. p. 1440Not discreet, prudent, or wise; indiscreet. [Obs.]Ŭn'dis-creet'ly, adv. p. 1440Indiscreetly. [Obs.]Ŭn'dis-crē'tion, n. p. 1440The quality or act of being indiscreet; indiscretion. [Obs.]Un'dis-pōs'ed-ness, n. p. 1440Indisposition; disinclination. [Obs.]Un-dis'pu-ta-ble, a. p. 1440Indisputable. [Obs.]Un-dis'pu-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 1440Indisputableness.Un'dis-tĭnc'tive, a. p. 1440Making no distinctions; indiscriminating. As undistinctive Death will come here one day, Sleep comes now. Dickens.Ŭn'di-vid'ed, a. p. 1440Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; as, undivided attention or affections. 2. Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning…Un'di-vid'ū-al, a. p. 1440Incapable of division or separation; indivisible. [Obs.] True courage and courtesy are undividual companions. Fuller.Ŭn'di-vīn'a-ble, a. p. 1440Not to be divined; incapable of being divined or discovered.Un-dō', v. t. p. 1440To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught. To-morrow, ere the setting sun, She’d all undo what she had done. Swift. 2. To loose; to open; to take to pieces; to unravel; to…Un-dŏck’, v. t. p. 1440To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.Un-dō'er, n. p. 1440One who undoes or brings destruction; one who reverses what has been done; one who ruins the reputation of another.Un-dō'ing, n. p. 1440The reversal of what has been done. 2. Ruin; destruction. “The utter undoing of some.” Hooker.Un-dōne', p. p. p. 1440of undo. See UNDO.Un-dou'ble, v. t. p. 1441To unfold or render single. [Rare.]Un-doubt'a-ble, a. p. 1441Not to be doubted; indubitable. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Un-doubt'ed, a. p. 1441Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted truth.Un-doubt'ed-ly, adv. p. 1441In an undoubted manner; without doubt; without question; indubitably.Un-draw', v. t. p. 1441To draw aside or open. [Rare.] Angels undrew the curtains of the throne. Young.Un-drĕss’, v. t. p. 1441To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To deprive of ornaments; to disrobe. 3. (Med.) To take the dressing or covering from, as a wound.Un'dress, n. p. 1441A loose, negligent dress. 2. (Mil. & Naval.) Authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full uniform.Un-dŭbbed', a. p. 1441Not dubbed; not rewarded with the honor of knighthood. What made his valor undubbed? Donne.Un-dū'bi-ta-ble, a. p. 1441Indubitable. [Obs.]Un-dūe', a. p. 1441Not due; not yet owing; as, a debt, note, or bond, undue. 2. Not right; not legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon. 3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned…Un-dūe'ness, n. p. 1441The state of being undue, or of being not due.