† underputn.
Obsolete. rare.
A mistress.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress
chevesea700
wifeOE
bed-sister1297
concubine1297
leman1297
file1303
speciala1400
womanc1400
chamberer?a1425
mistress?a1439
cousin1470
doxy?1515
doll1560
pinnacea1568
nobsya1575
lier-by1583
sweetheart1589
she-friend1600
miss1606
underput1607
concupy1609
lig-by1610
factoress1611
leveret1617
night-piece1621
belly-piece1632
dolly1648
lie-bya1656
madamc1660
small girl1671
natural1674
convenient1676
lady of the lake1678
pure1688
tackle1688
sultana1703
kind girl1712
bosom-slave1728
pop1785
chère amie1792
fancy-woman1819
hetaera1820
fancy-piece1821
poplolly1821
secondary wife1847
other woman1855
fancy-girl1892
querida1902
wifelet1983
1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iii. sig. E2v Is she but your vnderput Maister Lethe? Leth. No more of my credit..when all comes to al tis but a plaine Pung.
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† underputv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To put (one thing) under (another); to place or set beneath.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > put in low position [verb (transitive)] > place under
underlayc1000
underputc1220
underseta1340
supposec1450
subject1578
substrate1578
suppone1611
subterpose1881
c1220 Bestiary 669 Rennande cumeð a ȝungling, raðe to him luteð, his snute him under puteð.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxviii. 18 [Jacob] took the stoon, the which he hadde vnder~put to his heed.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxvi. 21 Two stakis to eche table shulen be vnderput.
a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 630 in Poems (1981) 153 Now pray we god..That he wald vndirput his haly hand Of manetemance, and geve vs grace to stand.
b. To furnish with something placed under, esp. as a support.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > put in low position [verb (transitive)] > place under > furnish with something placed beneath
underlayc897
underputc1475
underseta1547
c1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (K.) 511/2 Vnder puttyn, or beryn up,..suffulcio.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxliiv Hadden they ben vnderput with any helpes, they had not so lightly fal.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxi. 342 As a caldron, underput with store of fire,..up leapes his wave aloft.
2.
a. To put under the power or control of; to place in subjection; to subject. Const. to.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make subject to
underputc1374
subjecta1382
subduea1398
summitc1400
inclinec1425
submit?c1425
endanger1551
vassalize1599
servanta1616
vassal1615
vassalage1648
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) i. pr. vi. 28 Þat þou byleuest þat þe gouernynge of it nis nat subgit ne vnderput to þe folie of þise happes auenterouses.
a1400–50 Alexander 5402 Synches I hiȝt; And to my powere vndire-putt is all þe playn werd.
c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 217 If it like to oure Lord God that he submitte and undirputte alle Cristen personys to resoun and fre wil.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Henry VI. xiv Wheron the rest depende and vnderput remayne.
b. To lower (the voice).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > lower voice
underputa1382
fall1626
sink1646
to lower one's voicea1713
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 25 Whan he shal vndirputte [L. submiserit] his vois, ne ȝiue thou credence to hym.
3.
a. To put or take fraudulently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > substitute fraudulently
underputc1400
suppone1542
suppose1607
to ring in1819
humbug1821
switch1897
c1400 in Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 133 Som men seiþ..þat sche underput [L. supposuisse] to hir self lyenge in childebedde þe forseide Swane.
c1400 in Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 137.
b. To substitute.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > substitute [verb (transitive)]
changec1225
shifta1325
puta1400
underputc1400
put1483
put1535
subrogate1548
substitute1548
surrogate1586
counterchange1604
supplya1618
suffect1620
commute1667
succeed1667
to be in (another person's) shoes1842
sub1919
c1400 in Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 137.
c1400 in Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 149 He was..deposed, and anoþer i-ordeyned and underput [L. subrogatus].
Derivatives
Obsolete.† underˈputting n. Obsolete
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society > authority > subjection > [noun] > to oppressive rule
yokeeOE
nitheringeOE
underputtingc1440
servitude?1473
compression1816
downtroddenness1868
the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > action of placing under
underputtingc1440
undersettingc1440
subterposition1828
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 511/2 Vnder puttynge,..subposicio.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiiiv Thoughe thou be putte to serue the ylke iewel durynge thy lyfe, yet is that no seruage of vnderputtynge, but a maner of trauaylyng plesaunce.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Supposta, an vnderputting or setting.
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