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Definition of under

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Under (prep.) Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house..

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Mesosiderite :: Mesosiderite (n.) See the Note under Meteorite.

Pimpinel :: Pimpinel (n.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.

Blunder :: Blunder (v. i.) To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble..

Venture :: Venture (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare..

Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security..

Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..

Discern :: Discern (v. t.) To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

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Bay-antler :: Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.

Subturriculate :: Subtrude (v. t.) To place under; to insert.

Lackbrain :: Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

Geneagenesis :: Geneagenesis (n.) Alternate generation. See under Generation.

Caproic :: Caproic (a.) See under Capric.

Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found..

Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. i.) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose..

Waxwing :: Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird..

Privateer :: Privateer (n.) An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque..

Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..