† undernimmern.
Obsolete.
1. A taker-up or supporter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who
uptakera1340
holder-upc1374
upbearer1387
bearera1398
undernimmera1400
weighera1400
upholderc1403
ally1406
allya1431
godfather?1541
propper1549
tower of strength1549
backer1583
moyener?1591
backfriend1599
stayer1611
suppositor1629
susceptor1652
standby1712
bottle holder1788
understander1875
buddy1893
anchorman1895
backer-up1921
a1400 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 350 Non of þe for-seyde fowre and twenty ne shal..be tellere ne vndurnemere of wordes in harmynge of þe fraunchyse of þe town.
2. One who reproves or rebukes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > rebuker or reprover
withtakera1340
reprovera1382
undernimmera1382
undertakerc1430
rebukerc1449
checker1535
reprehender1537
reprimander1729
expostulator1795
snubber1861
trouncer1898
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xiii. 18 Who forsothe assenteth to the vndernymere, shal ben glorified.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 452 These vndirnymers and blamers beren an hond to the clergie.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 565 To alle the seid ouer myche vndirnemers and blamers ful amendement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.a1382- unperverted
- unperverting
- unperverts
- unpestered
- unpetitioned
- unpetrified
- unpetrify
- unpetticoated
- unphilanthropic
- unphilological
- unphilosopher
- unphilosophic
- unphilosophical
- unphilosophically
- unphilosophicalness
- unphilosophize
- unphilosophized
- unphlebotomized
- unrefueled
- unrefuelled
- unrefulgent
- unrefundable
- unrefunded
- unrefunding
- unrefusable