underween

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ ween.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underween (third-person singular simple present underweens, present participle underweening, simple past and past participle underweened)

1. (transitive, rare or nonstandard) To undervalue.
   • 1837, Edward Fisher, Thomas Boston, The Marrow of Modern Divinity: In Two Parts, page 290:

     ...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,

   • 1977, Cornell University, Epoch: Volumes 27-28:

     You'd better underween.

   • 2006 April 25, Sanity, “A prayer for freedom from religion”, in alt.gathering.rainbow‎ (Usenet):

     Really? I thought Dubya was underweened.

   • 2012 January 12, tony cooper, “"Apothegmbusters4" - Nod = Wink to Blind Man”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet):

     Harrison has little to offer, but comparatively underweens.

Derived terms

• underweening

Anagrams

• unrenewed