Definition of under

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Under (adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail..

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Infield :: Infield (n.) Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from outfield.
Sepalous :: Sepalous (a.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal..
Subcordate :: Subcoracoid (a.) Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus..
Violine :: Violine (n.) Mauve aniline. See under Mauve.
Insure :: Insure (v. i.) To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent..
Pantascopic :: Pantascopic (a.) Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera.
Invariance :: Invariance (n.) The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions.
Responsion :: Responsion (n.) The first university examination; -- called also little go. See under Little, a..
Royal :: Royal (n.) Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n..
Archenteron :: Archenteron (n.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Undervalue :: Undervalue (v. t.) To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.
Disrupt :: Disrupt (a.) Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Hypo- :: Hypo- () A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath..
Underling :: Underling (n.) An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..
Kyanize :: Kyanize (v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure..
Indigotin :: Indigotin (n.) See Indigo blue, under Indigo..
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature..
Fry :: Fry (v. i.) To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat..
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