"undersign" meaning in English

See undersign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undersign.wav [US] Forms: undersigns [present, singular, third-person], undersigning [participle, present], undersigned [participle, past], undersigned [past]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sign English undersign From under- + sign. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|under-|sign|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sign English undersign [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*under", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*undar", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sign", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "undersign", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="undersign"> From under- + sign. Head templates: {{en-verb}} undersign (third-person singular simple present undersigns, present participle undersigning, simple past and past participle undersigned)
  1. To subscribe; sign one's name at the foot of.

Inflected forms

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