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thereunder, adv. Now formal.|ðɛəˈrʌndə(r)|
[OE. ðærunder: see there 17 and under prep.]
1. Under that or it; below or beneath that.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xviii. 130 Ealle ða þe ofer oðre beoð, beoð heafdu ðara þe ðærunder beoð. c1220Bestiary 314 He draȝeð ðe neddre of ðe ston..for it wile ðerunder gon. 13..Cursor M. 28731 Þe berer..behouis it [the burden] cast him fra, Quen he mai noght þar vnder ga. c1440Sir Gowther 313 There under he made his sete. 1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Family of Love, Heret. Affirm. b b, Not that they should alwayes remaine as subject thereunder. 1630Sanderson Serm. (1681) II. 311 There is no way but to submit, and to humble our selves thereunder. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 358 A contract with owners of land..for the working of the coal thereunder.
2. Under that title, heading, etc.; under the provisions, or by the authority, of that.
1617Minsheu Ductor Title-p., The Nature, Propertie, Condition..of things there-vnder contayned. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. i. v. 21 The cause of those, who there-under have reformed France. 1706in Parish Accts. St. Julian's, Shrewsbury II. 43 (MS.) The Assessors thereunder named or the major part of them. 1885H. Reed in Law Rep. 15 Q.B. Div. 160 The intention is that s. 125..and the rules to be made thereunder shall constitute a complete and separate code. 1908Times 6 May 17/3 Royalties paid thereunder were to be paid to the publishers.
3. Under or less than that (number, age, etc.).
1535Coverdale 1 Chron. xxvii. 23 Them that were twentye yeare olde and there vnder. |