underbring
verbEtymology From under- + bring.
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To bring under subjection or control.
- Thy dart, or sling, / Or strong bow-string, / That should vs wring, / And vnderbring, / Who every way, / Thee vexe and pay, / And beare the sway / By nigh1589, Ioseph Barnes, A Skeltonicall salutation, or condigne gratulation, and iust vexation of the Spanishe nation that in a bravado, spent many a crusado, in setting forth an armado England to invado.:
- Who Chance, Change, Hopes, and Fears can underbring; / Who can obey, yet rule each Thing,1652, Edward Benlowes, Theophila, or, Loves sacrifice a divine poem:
1 more example
- How Reason reigning as a Queen should Anger underbring.1806, Horace Walpole, Thomas Park, A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England, Scotland, ...: