Meaning

(obsolete, transitive) To secretly gain knowledge from..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete, transitive) To secretly gain knowledge from.
2. (transitive and intransitive) To feel inadequately or to a lesser degree than expected.
3. An underlying feeling.

Example Sentences

Under a show of messengers and invitants to Absalom's feast, but indeed to underfeel the chief of each tribe, and to acquaint them with the intent of the meeting at Hebron.

They did not impart this Deliberation to the Senate, for fear of making it too publick, truſting the Secret with none but Marco Antonio Barbaro, who was detained Priſoner at Conſtantinople: They charged him to underfeel the Grand Vizier, and conclude a Peace upon reaſonable Conditions; and in the mean time they conſulted with the reſt of the Magiſtrates about the Subſiſtance of the Troops for the next Campaign.

Then having done, added farther, that he had endeavoured to underfeel the fellow that was below, but he found him very obstinate, […]

As a child I had to fill in a lot of the missing information so I would “overthink,” “underfeel,” and stay confused and out of touch.

What I see from my world is your indecisiveness, you 'underfeel and undertell' to gain their support, is that not where you are my lady?

The next round of thunder was still distant, underfelt. The lightning was no more daunting than the flicker of a neon tube, yet it seemed to catch on the yellow of the artwork.

Against the text in Sango, the beat becomes more urgent and polyrhythmic, shifting from what began as a reggae-like underfeel to a fast rumba.

Word Forms

• underfeels
• underfeeling
• underfelt

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Use underfeel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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