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That I may Clymene’s proud boast believe. 
Nor longer under false reproaches grieve. Addison. 
In a state in which one is seized or overborn.—The prince 
and princess must be under no less amazement. Pope. —In 
a state of being liable to, or limited by.—That which we 
move for our better instruction’s sake, turneth unto choler in 
them ; they answer fumingly. Yet in this their mood, they 
cast forth somewhat, wherewith, under pain of greater dis¬ 
pleasure, we must rest contented. Hooker. —In a state of 
depression, or dejection by; in a state of inferiority. 
There is none but he, 
Whose being I do fear, and under him, 
My genius is rebuk’d, as Antony’s was by Caesar. 
Shakspcare. 
In the state of bearing, or being known by.—The raising 
of silver coin has been only by coining it with less silver in 
it, under the same denomination. Locke. —In the state of. 
—If they can succeed without blood, as under the present 
disposition of things, it is very possible they may, it is to 
be hoped they will be satisfied. Swift. —Not having reached 
or arrived to; noting time. 
Three sons he dying left under age; 
By means whereof, their uncle Vortigern 
Usurp’d the throne during their pupillage. Spenser. 
Represented by.—Morpheus is represented by the ancient 
statuaries under the figure of a boy asleep, with a bundle of 
poppy in his hand. Addison. —In a state of protection.— 
Under favour, there are other materials for a commonwealth, 
besides stark love and kindness. Collier. —With respect to ; 
referred to.—Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double 
capacity of a poet and a divine. Felton.- —Attested by.— 
Cato major, who had with great reputation borne all the 
great offices of the commonwealth, has left us an evidence, 
under his own hand, how much he was versed in country 
affairs. Locke. —Subjected to; being the subject of.—Me¬ 
mory is the storehouse of our ideas. For the narrow mind of 
man, not being capable of having many ideas under view at 
once, it was necessary to have a repository to lay them up. 
Locke. —I rather suspect my own judgment, than believe a 
fault to be in that poem, which lay so long under Virgil’s 
correction, and had his last hand put to it. Addison. —In 
the next stage of subordination.—This is the only safe-guard, 
under the spirit of God, that dictated these sacred writings, 
that can be relied on. Locke. —In a state of relation that 
claims protection. It is generally opposed to above, or 
over. 
U'NDER, adj. Inferiour; subject; subordinate. 
I will fight 
Against my canker’d country with the spleen 
Of all the under fiends. Shakspearc. 
U'NDER, adv. In a state of subjection, or inferiority.— 
Ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah for bond- 
men and bond-women. 2 Chron .—Below; not above.— 
Less: opposed to over or more. —He kept the main stock 
without alteration, under or over. Addison. —It is much 
used in composition, in several senses, which the following 
examples will explain. 
UNDER'ACTION, s. Subordinate action; action not 
essential to the main story.—The least episodes, or under¬ 
actions , interwoven in it, are parts necessary, or convenient 
to carry on the main design. Dry den, 
UNDERA'GENT, s. An agent subordinate to the prin¬ 
cipal agent.—Their devotion served all along but as an in¬ 
strument to their avarice, as a factor or under-agent to their 
extortion. South. 
UNDERBARROW, a township of England, in Westmor¬ 
land ; 3J miles west of Kendal. Population 349. 
To UNDERBEA'R, v. a. To support; to endure. 
What reverence he did throw away on slaves ? 
Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles, 
And patient underbearing of his fortune. Shakspeare. 
To line; to guard. Out of use. —The duchess of Milan’s 
gown; not like your cloth of gold, set with pearls, down- 
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sleeves, side-sleeves, and skirts round, underborne with a 
bluish tinsel. Shakspcare. 
UNDERBEA'RER, s. In funerals, those that sustain the 
weight of the body, distinct from those who are bearers of 
ceremony, and only hold up the pall. 
To UNDERBI'D, v. a. To offer for any thing less than 
it is w'orth. 
To UNDERBU'Y, v. a. To buy at less than it is worth. 
—Ye underbuy us. Beaum. and FI. 
UNDERCLE'RK, s. A clerk subordinate to the princi¬ 
pal clerk.—Coleby, one of his under-swearers, was tried for 
robbing the treasury, where he was an underclerk. Swift. 
UNDERCROFT, s. A vault under the choir or chancel 
of a cathedral or other church ; as that of St. Paul’s, Lon¬ 
don, and at Christ-Church, Canterbury: also, any secret 
walk or vault under ground; a grot, answering to the Latin 
cryptoporticus. Bullokar. —In the undercroft of our La- 
die’s Chapel is an auncient monument. Weever. 
To UNDERDO', v. n. To act below one’s abilities. 
You overact, when you should underdo; 
A little call yourself again, and think. B. Jonson. 
To do less than is requisite.—Nature much oftener over¬ 
does than underdoes: You shall find twenty eggs with two 
yolks, for one that hath none. Grew. 
UNDERFA'CTION, s. Subordinate faction; subdivi¬ 
sion of a faction.—Christianity loses by contests of underfac¬ 
tions. Dec. of Chr. Piety. 
UNDERFE'LLQW, s. A mean man ; a sorry wretch. 
—They carried him to a house of a principal officer, who 
with no more civility, though with much more business, 
than those underfellows had shewed, in captious manner 
put interrogatories unto him. Sidney. 
UNDERFILLING, s. Lower part of an edifice.—To 
found our habitation firmly, first examine the bed of earth 
upon which we will build, and then the underfillings , or 
substructions, as the antients called it. Wotton. 
To UNDERF'ONG, v. a. [under and jiangan, Saxon.] 
To take in hand. Obsolete. 
And thou, Menalcas, that by treachery 
Didst underfong my lass to wexe so light, 
Shouldst well be known for such thy villainy. Spenser. 
UNDERFOOT, adv. Beneath. 
Underfoot the violet. 
Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay 
Broider’d the ground. Milton. 
UNDERFOOT, adj. Low; base; abject; down-trod¬ 
den.—A sluggish and underfoot philosophy. Milton.— 
The most underfoot and down-trodden vassals of perdition. 
Milton. 
To UNDERFU'RNISH, v. a. To supply with less than 
enough.—Can we suppose God would underfurnish man 
for the state he designed him, and not afford him a soul large 
enough to pursue his happiness ? Collier. 
To UNDERGI'RD, v, a. To bind below; to round the 
bottom.—When they had taken it up, they used helps, un¬ 
dergirding the ship. Acts. 
To UNDERGO', v. a. [unbepgan, Saxon.] To suffer; 
to sustain; to endure evil. 
With tjiind averse, he rather underwent 
His people’s will, than gave his own consent. Dryden. 
To support; to hazard. Not in use. 
I have mov’d certain Romans, 
To undergo with me, an enterprize 
Of honourable, dangerous consequence. Shakspeare. 
To sustain; to be the bearer of; to possess. Not in use. 
Their virtues else be they as pure as grace; 
As infinite as man may undergo; 
Shall, in the general censure, take corruption 
From that particular fault. Shakspeare. 
To sustain; to endure without fainting. 
It rais’d in me 
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