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English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To set under or beneath.
  • To prop or support.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English undersetten inherited from Old English undersettan (put, hypothecate, counterfeit, make subject, forge, submit, subjoin, place, falsify, add, or set under, set beneath, substitute, put in the place of another, esteem less, annex, place as a pledge) prefix from English set.

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