The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1799
That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld . Daniel.
2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.]
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld . Tennyson.
4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.]
Atterbury.
Underwrite <Xpage=1571>
Un`der*write" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Underwrote (?) , Obs . Underwrit (<?/) ; p. p. Underwritten (?) , Obs . Underwrit ; p. pr. & vb. n. Underwriting .] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe.
What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten . Bp. Sanderson.
2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance .
B. Jonson.
The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. Marshall.
Underwrite <Xpage=1571>
Un`der*write" , v. i. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
Underwriter <Xpage=1571>
Un"der*writ`er (?) , n. One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
Underwriting <Xpage=1571>
Un"der*writ`ing , n. The business of an underwriter,
Underyoke <Xpage=1571>
Un`der*yoke" (?) , v. t. To subject to the yoke; to make subject.
Wyclif.
Undeserve <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*serve" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + deserve .] To fail to deserve. [Obs.]
Milton.
Undeserver <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*serv"er (?) , n. One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. [Obs.]
Shak.
Undesigning <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*sign"ing (?) , a. Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.
Undestroyable <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*stroy"a*ble (?) , a. Indestructible.
Undeterminable <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*ter"mi*na*ble (?) , a. Not determinable; indeterminable.
Locke.
Undeterminate <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*ter"mi*nate (?) , a. Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate. South . -- Un`de*ter"mi*nate*ness , n.
Dr. H. More.
Undetermination <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*ter`mi*na"tion (?) , n. Indetermination.
Sir M. Hale.
Undevil <Xpage=1571>
Un*dev"il (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + devil .] To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise. [Obs.]
They boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting . . . would not be undeviled by all their exorcisms. Fuller.
Undevotion <Xpage=1571>
Un`de*vo"tion (?) , n. Absence or want of devotion.
Undid <Xpage=1571>
Un*did" (?) , imp. of Undo .
Undifferentiated <Xpage=1571>
Un*dif`fer*en"ti*a`ted (?) , a. Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.) , homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation , 3), that is, which show no visible separation into their different structural parts.
Undigenous <Xpage=1571>
Un*dig"e*nous (?) , a. [L. unda a wave + -genous .] Generated by water. [R.]
Kirwan.
Undigestible <Xpage=1571>
Un`di*gest"i*ble (?) , a. Indigestible.
Undight <Xpage=1571>
Un*dight" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + dight .] To put off; to lay aside, as a garment. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Undigne <Xpage=1571>
Un*digne" (?) , a. Unworthy. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Undine <Xpage=1571>
Un*dine" (?) , n. [G. undine , or F. ondin , ondine , from L. unda a wave, water.] One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal. <-- a water nymph -->
Undiocesed <Xpage=1571>
Un*di"o*cesed (?) , a. Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese.
Milton.
Undirect <Xpage=1571>
Un`di*rect" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + direct , v. t.] To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.]
who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest. Fuller.
Undirect <Xpage=1571>
Un`di*rect" , a. [Pref. un- not + direct .] Indirect.
Undirected <Xpage=1571>
Un`di*rect"ed , a. [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + directed ; in sense 3 properly p. p. of undirect .] 1. Not directed; not guided; left without direction.
2. Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.
3. Misdirected; misled; led astray. [R.]
Undirectly <Xpage=1571>
Un`di*rect"ly (?) , adv. Indirectly.
Strype.
Undiscerning <Xpage=1571>
Un`dis*cern"ing (?) , n. Want of discernment. [R.]
Spectator.
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Undisclose <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*close" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + disclose .] To keep close or secret. [Obs.]
Daniel.
Undiscreet <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*creet" (?) , a. Indiscreet.
Chaucer.
-- Un`dis*creet"ly , adv. -- -- Un`dis*creet"ness .
-- Un`dis*cre"tion (#) , n. Indiscretion.
Undispensable <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*pen"sa*ble (?) , a. 1. Indispensable.
2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.]
Fuller.
3. Not to be freed by dispensation. [Obs.]
Undispensed <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*pensed" (?) , a. 1. Not dispensed.
2. Not freed by dispensation. [R.]
Tooker.
Undisposedness <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*pos"ed*ness (?) , n. Indisposition; disinclination.
Undisputable <Xpage=1572>
Un*dis"pu*ta*ble (?) , a. Indisputable. Addison . -- Un*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness , n.
Undistinctive <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*tinc"tive (?) , a. Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.
As undistinctive Death will come here one day. Dickens.
Undistinctly <Xpage=1572>
Un`dis*tinct"ly (?) , adv. Indistinctly.
Undivided <Xpage=1572>
Un`di*vid"ed (?) , a. 1. Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains .
2. Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him .
3. Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection .
Shak.
4. (Bot.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.
Undividual <Xpage=1572>
Un`di*vid"u*al (?) , a. Indivisible. [Obs.]
True courage and courtesy are undividual companions. Fuller.
Undivisible <Xpage=1572>
Un`di*vis"i*ble (?) , a. Indivisible.
Undo <Xpage=1572>
Un*do" (?) , v. t. [AS. und<?/n . See 1st Un- , and Do to perform.] 1. To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
What's done can not be undone . Shak.
To-morrow, ere the setting sun, She 'd all undo that she had done. Swift.
2. To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle .
Tennyson.
Pray you, undo this button. Shak.
She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.
3. To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence .
That quaffing and drinking will undo you, Shak.
Undock <Xpage=1572>
Un*dock" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + dock .] (Naut.) To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship .
Undoer <Xpage=1572>
Un*do"er (?) , n. One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.
Undoing <Xpage=1572>
Un*do"ing , n. 1. The reversal of what has been done.
2. Ruin. "The utter undoing of some."
Hooker.
Undomesticate <Xpage=1572>
Un`do*mes"ti*cate (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + domesticate .] To make wild or roving.
Undone <Xpage=1572>
Un*done" (?) , p. p. of Undo .
Undone <Xpage=1572>
Un*done" , a. [Pref. un- not + done .] Not done or performed; neglected.
Undouble <Xpage=1572>
Un*dou"ble (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + double .] To unfold, or render single.
Undoubtable <Xpage=1572>
Un*doubt"a*ble (?) , a. Indubitable.
Undoubted <Xpage=1572>
Un*doubt"ed , a. Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero . -- Un*doubt"ed*ly , adv.
Undrape <Xpage=1572>
Un*drape" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + drape .] To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
Undraw <Xpage=1572>
Un*draw" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + draw .] To draw aside or open; to draw back.
Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young.
Undreamed, Undreamt <Xpage=1572>
Un*dreamed" (?) , Un*dreamt" (?) , a. Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th<?/ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of .
Unpathed waters, undreamed shores. Shak.
Undress <Xpage=1572>
Un*dress" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + dress .]
1. To divest of clothes; to strip.
2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
3. (Med.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound .
Undress <Xpage=1572>
Un"dress (?) , n. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress .
2. (Mil. & Naval) An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.
Undress parade (Mil.) , a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.
Undubitable <Xpage=1572>
Un*du"bi*ta*ble (?) , a. Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle . [Obs.]
Locke.
Undue <Xpage=1572>
Un*due" (?) , a. 1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond .
2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding .
Bacon.
3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law .
Undue influence (Law) , any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely.
Abbott.
Undueness <Xpage=1572>
Un*due"ness , n. The quality of being undue.
Unduke <Xpage=1572>
Un*duke" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + duke .] To deprive of dukedom.
Swift.
Undulant <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*lant (?) , a. Undulating. [R.]
Undulary <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*la*ry (?) , a. [See Undulate .] Moving like waves; undulatory. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Undulate <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*late (?) , a. [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim. from unda a wave; cf. AS. <?/<?/, Icel. unnr ; perhaps akin to E. water . Cf. Abound , Inundate , Redound , Surround .] Same as Undulated .
Undulate <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*late (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Undulated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Undulating .] To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.
Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated . Holder.
Undulate <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*late , v. i. To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air .
Undulated <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*la`ted (?) , a. 1. Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy surface; undulatory.
2. (Bot.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy.
3. (Zo\'94l.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell .
Undulating <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*la`ting , a. Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground . -- Un"du*la`ting*ly . adv.
Undulation <Xpage=1572>
Un`du*la"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. ondulation .] 1. The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound .
2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
Evelyn.
3. (Mus.) (a) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin. (b) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat .
4. (Physics) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
Undulationist <Xpage=1572>
Un`du*la"tion*ist , n. One who advocates the undulatory theory of light. <-- Archaic. -->
Whewell.
Undulative <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*la*tive (?) , a. Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory.
Undulatory <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*la*to*ry (?; 277) , a. [Cf. F. ondulatoire .] Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves.
Undulatory theory , ∨ Wave theory (of light) (Opt.) , that theory which regards its various phenomena as due to undulations in an ethereal medium, propagated from the radiant with immense, but measurable, velocities, and producing different impressions on the retina according to their amplitude and frequency, the sensation of brightness depending on the former, that of color on the latter. The undulations are supposed to take place, not in the direction of propagation, as in the air waves constituting sound, but transversely, and the various phenomena of refraction, polarization, interference, etc., are attributable to the different affections of these undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It is computed that the frequency of the undulations corresponding to the several colors of the spectrum ranges from 458 millions of millions per second for the extreme red ray, to 727 millions of millions for the extreme violet, and their lengths for the same colors, from the thirty-eight thousandth to the sixty thousandth part of an inch. The theory of ethereal undulations is applicable not only to the phenomena of light, but also to those of heat. <-- this theory as stated is essentially accepted, but elaborated by quantum theory. Mention of Maxwell's equations would be appropriate. -->
Undull <Xpage=1572>
Un*dull" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + dull .] To remove the dullness of; to clear. [Obs.]
Whitlock.
Undulous <Xpage=1572>
Un"du*lous (?) , a. Undulating; undulatory.
Unduly <Xpage=1572>
Un*du"ly (?) , adv. In an undue manner.
Undumpish <Xpage=1572>
Un*dump"ish (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + dumpish .] To relieve from the dumps. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Undust <Xpage=1572>
Un*dust" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + dust .] To free from dust. [Obs.]
Undwellable <Xpage=1572>
Un*dwell"a*ble (?) , a. Uninhabitable. [Obs.] "A land undwellable ."
Wyclif.
Undwelt <Xpage=1572>
Un*dwelt" (?) , a. Not lived (in); -- with in .
Undying <Xpage=1572>
Un*dy"ing (?) , a. Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men .
Uneared <Xpage=1572>
Un*eared" (?) , a. Not eared, or plowed.
Shak.
Unearned <Xpage=1572>
Un*earned" (?) , a. Not earned; not gained by labor or service.
Unearned increment (Polit. Econ.) , a increase in the value of land due to no labor or expenditure on the part of the owner, but to natural causes, such as the increase of population, the growth of a town in the vicinity, or the like. Some hold that this should belong to the nation. <-- these days called windfall profits -->
Unearth <Xpage=1572>
Un*earth" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Unearthed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Unearthing .] [1st pref. un- + earth .] To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret .
To unearth the roof of an old tree. Wordsworth.
Unearthly <Xpage=1572>
Un*earth"ly , a. Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound . -- Un*earth"li*ness (#) , n.
Unease <Xpage=1572>
Un*ease" (?) , n. Want of ease; uneasiness. [Obs.]
Uneasity <Xpage=1572>
Un*eas"i*ty (?) , adv. In an easy manner.
Uneasiness <Xpage=1572>
Un*eas"i*ness , n. 1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.
2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road . [Obs.]