† underwrootv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To burrow under; to undermine.
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig under
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underwroota1272
undermyec1330
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a1272 Old Eng. Misc. 97/123 Hit stont vppon a treowe mote... Ne may no Mynur hire vnderwrote, ne neuer false þene grundwal.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23281 Þar wormes sal þaim vnder wrote In bale wit-vten hope and bote.
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