"underfang" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: underfangs [present, singular, third-person], underfanging [participle, present], underfanged [participle, past], underfanged [past]
Etymology: From Middle English underfangen, underfongen, undervongen, from Old English underfōn (“to receive, obtain, take, accept, take in, entertain, take up, undertake, assume, adopt, submit to, undergo, steal”), from Proto-Germanic *under + *fanhaną (“to take, receive”), equivalent to under- + fang. Cognate with Dutch ondervangen (“to overcome, forestall”), German unterfangen (“to venture, dare”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|underfangen}} Middle English underfangen, {{m|enm|underfongen}} underfongen, {{m|enm|undervongen}} undervongen, {{inh|en|ang|underfōn||to receive, obtain, take, accept, take in, entertain, take up, undertake, assume, adopt, submit to, undergo, steal}} Old English underfōn (“to receive, obtain, take, accept, take in, entertain, take up, undertake, assume, adopt, submit to, undergo, steal”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*under}} Proto-Germanic *under, {{m|gem-pro|*fanhaną||to take, receive}} *fanhaną (“to take, receive”), {{prefix|en|under|fang}} under- + fang, {{cog|nl|ondervangen||to overcome, forestall}} Dutch ondervangen (“to overcome, forestall”), {{cog|de|unterfangen||to venture, dare}} German unterfangen (“to venture, dare”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} underfang (third-person singular simple present underfangs, present participle underfanging, simple past and past participle underfanged)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To undertake. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-underfang-en-verb-j5zuGN10 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 26 16 30 28
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To accept; receive. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-underfang-en-verb-kLhPlhI3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 26 16 30 28
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To insnare; entrap; deceive by false suggestions. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-underfang-en-verb-1ow6a2uI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 9 68 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 26 16 30 28
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To support or guard from beneath. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-underfang-en-verb-HCGRkq2G Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 26 16 30 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: underfong

Alternative forms

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