Underwrit

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of underwrite archaic, form-of, participle, past

    "[T]he Queen, perceiving all to be diſcovered, ſet down with her own Hand all the Buſineſs, and underwrit the Confeſſion with her own Hand, and gave it to the King, which having read, he flung it bravely into the Fire, adviſing her to be hereafter more faithful to him, and to his Affairs."

Etymology

From Middle English underwrit, from Old English underwrite, equivalent to under- + writ.

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