Underline
[ʌndə'laɪn] or ['ʌndəlaɪn]
Definition
(verb.) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.
Inputed by Laura--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.
(v. t.) To influence secretly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Underscore, draw a line under.
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Definition
v.t. to draw a line under or below as a word.—n. Un′derline an announcement of a theatrical performance to follow placed in an advertisement of the present one.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- She underlined the letter a great deal, and she signed herself affectionately his friend, Amelia Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One item in this account must be underlined here because of its importance in the intellectual life of mankind, the manufacture of paper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Just as I had read the last words--underlined in the original--I heard the voice of Betteredge behind me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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