underween en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + ween.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, rare, transitive) To undervalue.
Harrison has little to offer, but comparatively underweens.
2012 January 12, tony cooper, “"Apothegmbusters4" - Nod = Wink to Blind Man”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet):...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,
1837, Edward Fisher, Thomas Boston, The Marrow of Modern Divinity: In Two Parts, page 290:You'd better underween.
1977, Cornell University, Epoch: Volumes 27-28:Really? I thought Dubya was underweened.
2006 April 25, Sanity, “A prayer for freedom from religion”, in alt.gathering.rainbow (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underweening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underweens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| underweened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underweened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |