undersign

U1N1D2E1R1S1I1G2N1

verb

To subscribe; sign one's name at the foot of.

OriginEnglish sign ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

verbundersign (third-person singular simple present undersigns, present participle undersigning, simple past and past participle undersigned)

present singular third person undersigns · participle present undersigning · participle past undersigned · past undersigned

  1. To subscribe; sign one's name at the foot of.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishsign
  13. Englishundersign

From under- + sign.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with undersign

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Anagrams

sunderingundersing
Cite this entry
APA

undersign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersign

MLA

“undersign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersign. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undersign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersign.

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