verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To support, endure.
2. 2
   To line, guard or face a material, especially cloth. transitive

   "cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel"

Example

More examples

"cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel"

Etymology

From Middle English underberen (“to support”), from Old English underberan (“to support, endure”), equivalent to under- + bear.

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