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ˌunderˈstate, v. [under-1 10 a.] trans. To state below what is correct or warrantable. Also absol., to make an understatement.
1824Mackintosh Sp. Ho. Comm. 1 June, Wks. 1846 III. 430 A pious and amiable woman,..anxious rather to understate facts. 1850Grote Greece ii. lxiv. VIII. 252 note, I have understated the number of lives in danger. 1874Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 673 In commenting on over-statement, I do not seek to understate. |