Underween

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To undervalue. nonstandard, rare, transitive

    "...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,"

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undervalueundervalue

Example

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"...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,"

Etymology

From under- + ween.

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