Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: undermine – undiscovered
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undermine (-d), v. [Fr. mine-r, dig under, destroy; see mine, v.]
Sabotage; shake; overthrow; supplant.
undermining, verbal adj. [see undermine, v.]
Mutinous; rebellious; dissatisfied; subversive.
underneath, adv. [OE; see under, adj.]
- Below; beneath; lying under.
- Further down from.
understand (understood), v. [OE standan, understand, step under.] (webplay: comprehend, know, learned, skill).
- Comprehend; know about; mentally grasp the full significance of.
- Perceive; sense; fully feel; spiritually take in.
- Decode; decipher; interpret; translate; receive the message of; know the meaning of; get the idea from.
- Take to mean; believe to signify.
- Be conscious; come up again; ascend again from below; have the use of faculties; [fig.] resurrect; be restored; rise again from the ashes.
understanding, n. [see understand, v.]
Idea; reasoning; rationality; argument; intelligence; intellectual comprehension of; conscious knowledge of; exact mental concept of.
undertake, v. [OE < ON. taka, grasp, grip, seize, lay hold of.]
Attempt; venture.
undertaking, n. [see undertake, v.]
Venture; endeavor; attempt.
undeserved, verbal adj. [see deserve, v.]
Unjustified; not merited.
undeveloped, verbal adj. [see develop, v.]
- Minute; insignificant.
- Unrevealed; potential; latent; not yet disclosed.
undiscovered, verbal adj. [see discover, v.] (webplay: find).
Not known; not detected; not yet found; not brought to light.