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One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. Beau. & Fl.

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt.

Assistant to a tapster.

Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others.

Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.

The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.

Something that is inferior and of little worth. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. [Obs.] He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. Spenser.

A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

imp. of Undertake.

The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.

An assistant treasurer.

To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth.

o treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury. I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. Dryden.

One who undervalues.

The lower or second verse. [Obs.]

An undershirt.

See Underlooker.

That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.