undernime

Undernime

Un`der*nime"\, v. t. [imp. Undernom.] [OE. undernimen. See Under, and Nim.]

1. To receive; to perceive. [Obs.]

He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. --Chaucer.

2. To reprove; to reprehend. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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