Definition of under

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Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

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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..
Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive..
Passion :: Passion (n.) The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath
Alen/on Lace :: Alen/on lace () See under Lace.
Small :: Small (n.) Same as Little go. See under Little, a..
Fulmination :: Fulmination (n.) The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well..
Pedicellina :: Pedicellina (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta..
Freebooting :: Freebooting (n.) Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
Tripe-de-roche :: Tripe-de-roche (n.) Same as Rock tripe, under Rock..
Distraught :: Distraught (a.) Torn asunder; separated.
Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders..
Motive :: Motive (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading..
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
Rumble :: Rumble (n.) A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train..
Nehushtan :: Nehushtan (n.) A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.
Pillery :: Pillery (n.) Plunder; pillage.
Job :: Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
Tox/mia :: Tox/mia (a.) Blood poisoning. See under Blood.
Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..
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