Definition of under

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Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep..

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Divaricate :: Divaricate (a.) Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
Underturn :: Underturn (v. t.) To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset.
Understock :: Understock (v. t.) To supply insufficiently with stock.
Paillasse :: Paillasse (n.) An under bed or mattress of straw.
Freebooting :: Freebooting (n.) Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
Souterrain :: Souterrain (n.) A grotto or cavern under ground.
Thunderstone :: Thunderstone (n.) A belemnite. See Belemnite.
Sublobular :: Sublittoral (a.) Under the shore.
Idiot :: Idiot (n.) A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent..
Visit :: Visit (v. t.) To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge..
Pulas :: Pulas (n.) The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum..
Quagmire :: Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet..
Presume :: Presume (v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained..
Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..
Underpart :: Underpart (n.) A subordinate part.
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Photoglyphy :: Photoglyphy (n.) Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.
T Iron :: T iron () See under T.
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding..
Excommunicate :: Excommunicate (v. t.) To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.
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