Meanings
present singular third person underyokes · participle present underyoking · participle past underyoked · past underyoked
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo bring under yoke; make subject.
Origin
- Old Englishunderġeoc“accustomed to the yoke; tame”
- Old English*underġeocian“to subjugate; tame”
- Middle Englishunderyoken
- Englishunderyoke
From Middle English underyoken, underȝoken, perhaps from Old English *underġeocian (“to subjugate; tame”), from Old English underġeoc (“accustomed to the yoke; tame”), equivalent to under- + yoke.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
underyoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underyoke
“underyoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underyoke. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underyoke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underyoke.
Source: underyoke on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.