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undersee

verb

Etymology

From under- + see. Cognate with Dutch onderzien (“to see below”), German untersehen (“to see below”).

  1. derived from *sekʷ-✻ — “to see, notice”
  2. inherited from *sehwaną✻ — “to see”
  3. inherited from *sehwan✻
  4. inherited from sēon
  5. inherited from seen
  6. prefixed as undersee — “under + see”

Definitions

  1. To see or look under or below

    To see or look under or below; see below the surface of.

    • Newfoundland guides, trying to point out to a fisherman a salmon in the water, may say: "You have to undersee the shine." Ken has a remarkable ability to "undersee the shine." He is not deceived by surfaces.

  2. To look intently into

    To look intently into; examine; inspect.

  3. To neglect

    To neglect; fail to see properly or adequately; turn a blind eye to; ignore.

    • But he didn't read books; he only oversaw, or undersaw, the niggling details of their mass production.
    • Damien took an alternate route to oversee (or, more accurately, undersee) the execution of his dirty work.
    • Perhaps I was too fond of him at one time—perhaps too fond still—to be entirely fair to his work—Perhaps “oversaw” it formerly—when he potentially lived in me—& “undersee” it now when I am impatient with all tricks [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA