Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
underfang .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
- transitive verb obsolete To insnare; to circumvent.
- transitive verb obsolete To sustain; to support; to guard.
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- verb Alternative form of
underfang .
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Examples
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The very unusual word "underfong" which Spenser uses in these verses, and the gloss which he appends to the verses of _The Shepheards
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897
sionnach commented on the word underfong
to determine or resolve.
February 5, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word underfong
JM has determined and resolved to get an underfong
February 1, 2009