- underfong
- underfong /un-dər-fongˈ/ (Spenser)transitive verb1. To overcome, entrap2. To undertakeORIGIN: OE underfangen, pap of underfōn to receive, take or steal
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Underfong — Un der*fong , v. t. [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underf?n to undertake; under under + f?n to take. See {Fang} to seize.] 1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. To insnare; to circumvent.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
underfang — v. a. == take up. RG. 371; pret. ‘underfong’ == understand. HD. 115 == elect. RG. 447 == receive, acknowledge. RG. 461. Wright’s L. P. p. 59 … Oldest English Words
underfang — var. underfong v. Obs … Useful english dictionary
