"underget" meaning in English

See underget in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underget.wav Forms: undergets [present, singular, third-person], undergetting [participle, present], undergot [past], undergot [participle, past], undergotten [participle, past]
Etymology: From under- + get. Compare Middle English underyeten (“to comprehend, perceive”), from Old English underġietan (“to understand, perceive, know”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|under-|get}} under- + get, {{ncog|enm|underyeten|t=to comprehend, perceive}} Middle English underyeten (“to comprehend, perceive”), {{ncog|ang|underġietan|t=to understand, perceive, know}} Old English underġietan (“to understand, perceive, know”) Head templates: {{en-verb||++|undergot|past_ptc2=undergotten}} underget (third-person singular simple present undergets, present participle undergetting, simple past undergot, past participle undergot or undergotten)
  1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To get less than expected or due. Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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