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ˌunderˈthink, v. [under-1 10 a, 4 b.] †1. trans. To think too little of, to underestimate.
a1623Buck Rich. III (1646) 52 Charles..was so..over⁓weening of his owne..judgement, that he under-thought all mens else. 2. intr. To think insufficiently.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. III. 301 They might rather thank themselves, for having under-thought, or reason'd short, so as to rest satisfy'd with a very superficial Search. 3. trans. To penetrate under by thinking.
1886A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 491 Man..can to some degree return upon his thought, can to some extent underthink the conditions of cognition. |