undenominational ism (undenominashonalizm)

The absence of denominationalism, or of denominational teaching. The Education Act of 1870 practically establishes a new religion, undenominational ism , for the elementary schools of the country. Contemporary Rev. , LIV. 645. unde part ablet (un-de-pär'ta-bl), a . [ME., un -1 + depart able .] That cannot be parted from; inseparable. No wys man ne may dowte of unde part able peyne of the shrewes . Chaucer , Boëthius, iv. prose 3. undependable (un-de-pen'da-bl), a . Not dependable. undependingt (un-de-pen'ding), a. Not dependent; independent. We may confidently conclude it never will be otherwise while they are thus upheld undepending on the Church, on which alone they anciently depended. Milton , Touching Hirelings. undepraved (un-de-prāvd'), a . Not depraved or corrupted. V. Knox , E ays, No. 70. undepreciated (un-de-pre's hi-a-ted), a. depreciated or lowered in value: as, undepre ciated bank-notes. Not undepre ed (un-de-prest'), a. 1. Not pre ed down; not lowered; not sunk below the surface. One hillock, ye may note, is small and low, Sunk almost to the level of the plain By weight of time: the others, undepre ed . Words worth, Excursion, vi. 2. Not depre ed, dejected, or cast down. Disarmed but undepre ed. Byron, The Corsair, st. 8. undeprived (un-de-prīvd'), a. Not deprived, stripped, or dispo e ed of any property, right, or the like; not divested by authority. Dry den, Character of a Good Parson. under (un'dèr), prep. and adv. [ 6594 under, MHG. G. unter, under, among, = Icel. undir = Sw. Dan. under = Goth. undar, under; perhaps akin to L. infra, below, infer us, lower (see infra-, inferior ), = Skt. adhara, lower, ad has, below; le prob. connected to L. inter, between, among, = Oscan anter, under, within.j I. prep. 1. Below; beneath: expre ing position with reference to that which is above, whether in immediate contact or not, or which towers aloft, surmounts, covers, or overtops: as, all under heaven; under the earth or the sea; under the surface; under the table; to take shelter under a tree; to live under the same roof; to hide a thing under a heap of straw; to hide one's light under a bushel; to overhear a conversation under one's windows. It happed hym to ride In al this care under a forest side. Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 134. Under the churche of the sayd Syon is the sepulture or beryall of prophete and kynge of Israell. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 20. Under these palaces was the private enclosed port of the Kings, where the Turks, till within this fifty years, obliged all foreign ships to ride, not suffering them to anchor under the castle, as they do at present. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 5. They clambered the ascent to the castle in silence, and arrived under the dark shadow of its towers without being discovered. Irving , Granada, p. 30. The citizens beheld with anxiety the encampment of Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 14. this formidable force under their walls. Whereon a hundred stately beeches grew, And here and there great hollies under them. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 2. In or at a place, point, or position that is lower than; further down than; immediately below: as, to hit a man under the belt; to have pains under the arms. The spear smote him under the fifth rib. 2 Sam. ii. 23. He most happily Shot him under his collar-bone. Sir Andrew Barton (Child's Ballads, VII. 207). 3. In the position or state of, or while bearing, supporting, sustaining, receiving, suffering, undergoing, or the like: as, to sink under a load; to act under great excitement. Fainting under The pleasing punishment. groan under. Shak ., C. of E., i. 1. 46. The remedy which you alledge is the very disease we Milton , Church-Government, i. 6. My Lord Sommers thought of me last year for the Bishop rick of Water ford; so my Lord President may now think on me for that of Cork, if the incumbent dyes of the spotted feaver he is now under . Swift , in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 343. Next, when he was trembling in prayer under a fear that no word of God could help him, this part of a sentence darted in upon him, "My grace is sufficient." Southey, Life of Bunyan, p. 31. 4. Inferior to in point of rank, dignity, social position, or the like. It was too great an honour for any man under a duke. Add is on. No person under a diviner can with any prospect of veracity conduct a correspondence at such an arm's length. Lamb , Distant Correspondents. 5. Inferior to or le than, with respect to number, amount, quantity, value, age, etc.; falling short of; in or to a le degree than; hence, at, for, or with le than: as, it cannot be bought under $20. Gold and silver, whereof money is made, they do so use as none of them doth more esteem it than the very nature of the thing deserved. And then, who doth not plainly see how far it is under iron? as without the which men can no better live than without fire and water. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 6. Three sones he dying left, all under age. Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 64. Medicines take effect sometimes under and sometimes above the natural proportion of their virtue. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. Swift. 6. Of sounds, inferior to, in pitch.-7. Subject to. (a) In a position of submi ion or subordina tion to. At this court in the third month Pa a con away, the chief sachem of Merimack, and his sons came and submitted themselves and their people and lands under our jurisdiction. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 263. One who by his own act places himself under authority cannot make conditions about his submi ion. Pusey , Eirenicon, p. 197. (0) Liable or exposed to: as, under fire; under the pen alty of fine or imprisonment. tented. Under pain of greater displeasure, we must rest con Hooker, Eccles. Polity. (c) Subject to the government, rule, command, direction, orders, guidance, or instruction of: as, to serve under under Wellington; I studied under him; to sit under a favorite preacher. And als moc he take the the Amyralle be him all one as alle the other Souldyours han undre hym. Mandeville , Travels, p. 38. Happy are they, and onely they, that are under this glorious and gracious Souereigntie: insomuch that I accompt all those abiects that be not hir subiects. Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 454. Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or die! Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 3. 118. According to the usual custom, the great caravan, under the conduct of the governor of Jerusalem, set out for the river Jordan on Easter Monday. Pococke , Description of the East, II. 30. Under him were many good and sound scholars bred. Lamb , Christ's Hospital. (d) Subject to the influence or operation of; actuated by. The Priests and Levites, a Tribe, were of a far different Constitution from this of our Ministers under the Gospel. Milton, Touching Hirelings. I shall, in the first place, take care of one who is under the most subtle species of pride that I have observed in my whole experience. Steele, Tatler, No. 127. 8. In accordance with; in conformity with: as, to sell out under the rule. He speakes under rule and prescription, and dare not shew his teeth without Machiauell. Bp . Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A too idly reseru'd Man. We have spent some time in hearing both parties, concerning the bounds of those patents under which yourselves and the other governments do claim. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 387. The commentators and lawyers have agreed that, under these circumstances, the marriage must be di olved. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 121. 9. Bound by: as, to be under bonds, or a vow. The greater part of mankind is slow of apprehension; South, Sermons. and therefore, in many cases, under a nece ity of seeing with other men's eyes. 10. In: with reference to circumstances. To those that live Under thy care, good rules and patterns give. Denham , Of Prudence. I maun be bound to a foreign land, And now I'm under hiding. Sir James the Rose (Child's Ballads, III. 74). I found the knight under his butler's hands, who always shaves him. Add is on , Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey. 11. In: with reference to category, division, section, cla , etc.: as, to treat several topics under one head. Under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. Felton, On the Cla icks. The lower blunt-headed summit which we had learned to detest under the name of Mount Avron. Forbes , Ex. of War, II. 176. 12. In course of: as, to be under treatment, or under discu ion.-13. In the form or style of; by the appearance or show of; with the character, designation, pretense, pretext, or cover of. But I do aduertyse you to lyne your Iacket under this fa hyon or maner. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 247. He thoght his falshed to feyne, undur faire wordes, And his cautels to colour vnder coynt spec he. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11490. It is one of his most crafty and subtle a aults to send his warriors forth under the badge of God. Latimer, Misc. Selections. We'read that Kinges & Princes haue written great volumes and publisht them under their owne regall titles. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 16. Whosoeuer under one name or poesie payeth three pound in ready money shall receiue six shillings and eight pence. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's True Travels, II. 25. Art is here represented under the person of Vulcan. Bacon, Physical Fables, v., Expl. 14. During the time or existence of: said especially of rulers and their period of rule: as, Christ suffered under Pontius Pilate; the Armada was destroyed under the reign of Elizabeth; the American revolution broke out un der the administration of Lord North. The remainder of the demesne was sold under the commonwealth. S. Dowell , Taxes in England, II. 28. 15. With the sanction, authorization, permi ion, or protection of: as, under favor; under leave; under protection, etc. Under whose countenance we steal. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 2. 33. Under favour, there are other materials for a commonwealth besides stark love and kindne . Jeremy Collier . [The preposition under in adverbial phrases often coalesces with its noun to form an adverb, from which the adjective or noun may be derived: as, under ground , underground , adv., > underground, a.; under hand , underhand , adv ..> underhand, a.; so under board , underearth , underfoot , etc. Such forms are not true compounds, but are coalesced phrases, like aground , aboard , afoot , etc.] Note under handt. See notel. - Under a cloud. See cloud1.- Under arms, armed and equipped for military or naval service. - Under bare poles. See barel. - Under cloudt, conviction, correction, etc. See the nouns. under -Under cover, protected from the enemy's fire. See cover1. Under fire, exposed to the enemy's fire: as, a general officer should not be under fire when it can be avoided. No man knows precisely how he will behave in battle until he has been under fire. The Century, XXXVI. 249. Under foot. (at ) Under the real value. I hold some lands which his mother, the Lady Ann Herbert, purchased, as appears by the deeds made to her by that name, which I can show; and might have held more, which my grandfather sold underfoot at an under value in his youth, and might have been recovered by my father had my grandfather suffered him. Lord Herbert of Cherbury , Life (ed. Howells), p. 24. They would be forced to sell their means (be it lands or goods) far under foot . (b) In a state of subjection. Bacon , Usury (ed. 1884). Harold, secure the while and proud of his new Victorie, thought all his Enemies now under foot. Milton , Hist. Eng., vi. (c) Naut., directly under the bow: said of an anchor when the chain is up and down. - Under goret. See gore2.Under ground, below the surface of the ground. - Under hatches. See hatch1.- Under metal, the position of a gun when the muzzle is depre ed below the line of a level axis. Under nightt, in the night; secretly; clandestinely. Let it never be said that a daughter of thine Was married to a lord under night. The Douglas Tragedy (Child's Ballads, II. 116). Under one's hand, signature, or seal. See hand. Under one's nose. See nosel. - Under one's wing. See wing. Under sail. See saill. Braver ships never Were seen under sail . Winning of Cales (Child's Ballads, VII. 124). Under the (one's) belt, in one's stomach. [Slang.] They got me down to Clerihugh's, and there we sat birling, till I had a fair tappit under my belt. 6595