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underween

verb

Etymology

From under- + ween.

  1. derived from *wenh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *wēniz✻
  3. inherited from *wāni✻
  4. inherited from wēn
  5. inherited from wene
  6. prefixed as underween — “under + ween”

Definitions

  1. To undervalue.

    • ...in this Commandment is forbidden too high a conceit or esteem of ourselves, and so also is too mean a conceit, in underweening the good things that be in ourselves,
    • You'd better underween.
    • Really? I thought Dubya was underweened.

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