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underˈsigned, ppl. a.
[Cf. prec. and subsigned ppl. a.]
Whose signature is appended to a document, etc. Freq. absol. (in sing. or pl.).
1643in J. M. Stone Faithf. unto Death (1892) 174, I, the undersigned,..am about to-day to lay down my life..in defence of the Roman Catholic Church. 1824Syd. Smith Sp. Wks. 1859 II. 201/1 We, the undersigned, being clergymen of the Church of England. 1845in Claridge Cold Water Cure (1849) 12 We, the undersigned British and Americans,..deem it our duty [etc.]. 1868Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 384 The undersigned is in his usual brilliant condition. |