Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underpoint
Participle: underpointed
Gerund: underpointing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | underpoint |
| you | underpoint |
| he;she;it | underpoints |
| we | underpoint |
| you | underpoint |
| they | underpoint |
Perfect
| I | have underpointed |
| you | have underpointed |
| he;she;it | has underpointed |
| we | have underpointed |
| you | have underpointed |
| they | have underpointed |
Past
| I | underpointed |
| you | underpointed |
| he;she;it | underpointed |
| we | underpointed |
| you | underpointed |
| they | underpointed |
Pluperfect
| I | had underpointed |
| you | had underpointed |
| he;she;it | had underpointed |
| we | had underpointed |
| you | had underpointed |
| they | had underpointed |
Future
| I | will underpoint |
| you | will underpoint |
| he;she;it | will underpoint |
| we | will underpoint |
| you | will underpoint |
| they | will underpoint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underpointed |
| you | will have underpointed |
| he;she;it | will have underpointed |
| we | will have underpointed |
| you | will have underpointed |
| they | will have underpointed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underpoint |
| you | underpoint |
| he;she;it | underpoint |
| we | underpoint |
| you | underpoint |
| they | underpoint |
Perfect
| I | have underpointed |
| you | have underpointed |
| he;she;it | have underpointed |
| we | have underpointed |
| you | have underpointed |
| they | have underpointed |
Imperfect
| I | underpointed |
| you | underpointed |
| he;she;it | underpointed |
| we | underpointed |
| you | underpointed |
| they | underpointed |
Pluperfect
| I | had underpointed |
| you | had underpointed |
| he;she;it | had underpointed |
| we | had underpointed |
| you | had underpointed |
| they | had underpointed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underpoint |
| you | would underpoint |
| he;she;it | would underpoint |
| we | would underpoint |
| you | would underpoint |
| they | would underpoint |
Perfect
| I | would have underpointed |
| you | would have underpointed |
| he;she;it | would have underpointed |
| we | would have underpointed |
| you | would have underpointed |
| they | would have underpointed |
Imperative
| you | underpoint |
| we | Let's underpoint |
| you | underpoint |
Verbs conjugated like 'underpoint'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'underpoint'
interpoint,
undercount,
underjoin,
underpin,
underplant,
underpoise,
underpot,
counterpoint,
unappoint,
underbind,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + point.
Sample Sentences
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Curiously, he does not underpoint letters to indicate deletion or insert letters above the line; he simply tries again. [1948, Urban Tigner Holmes, Mediaeval studies in honor of Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford:]
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One might disagree with the emendation, but that is beside the point: it would be inapposite to retain oftost and simply underpoint the first t, since the change presumably introduced by the scribe is not a mere alteration of form but a misapprehension, and this should be signalled by emendation and the use of italics. [2007, Andrew Wawn, Graham Johnson, John Walter, Constructing Nations, Reconstructing Myth, page 147:]
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Klaeber's practice varies: he underpoints the inflectional vowel in bonan OngenÞēoẹs 1968ᵃ, but in oððe him OngenÞeowes 2475ᵃ he leaves off the macron and, evidently, assumes resolution. [2008, R.D. Fulk, Robert E. Bjork, John D Niles, Klaeber's Beowulf, →ISBN:]
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I would like to underpoint that. Your statement is that your local in the heavy construction as contrasted to the other construction, is not on strike against anybody? [1953, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, Strikes and Racketeering in the Kansas City Area:]
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I see a man who struggles for identity”: these lines underpoint the theme of this long poem which might be more effective without the “bondage of Rhyming”—to quote William Blake. [1977, Outposts - Issues 112-115, page 38:]
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This again underpoints the vulnerability of climacteric women. [1984, John Gerald Greene, The Social and Psychological Origins of the Climacteric Syndrome:]
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When the plates are firmly secured to the walls with the proper wall anchors all the interstices between the wedges should be underpointed with mortar. [1891, Carpentry and Building - Volume 13, page 37:]
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The most suitable material has proved to be the seconds or thirds types of Welsh slate laid on stout battens and well underpointed in haired mortar, gauged with cement. [1933, Surveyor - Volume 84, page 318:]
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Pantiles made from Bridgwater Clay must not be torched or underpointed, but the roof should be boarded and felted, battened and counterbattened. [1938, The Architect & Building News - Volume 153, page xlv:]
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This gives us a good idea of how much water is down there and how many well-points we need to dewater the area,” Huber explains. “On our projects. we always try to overpoint rather than underpoint. [1977, The Excavating Engineer - Volume 71:]
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If the patient then attempts to fix with the good eye, it will underpoint. [1947, The Extrinsic Eye Muscles, page 52:]