See underwrite on Wiktionary
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"To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of."
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"(transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of."
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"ref": "c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:",
"text": "Diſguiſe the holy ſtrength of their command: / And vnder write in an obſeruing kinde",
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"To submit to; put up with."
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"ipa": "/ʌndəˈɹaɪt/"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpisvam",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "подписвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "onderschrijven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "allekirjoittaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "unterschreiben"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "fo-yial"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "odpisać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "ubezpieczyć"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assume financial responsibility for something",
"word": "suscribir"
}
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