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Webster 1913 Edition


Undersong

Un′der-songˊ

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Noun.
1.
The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Dryden.
2.
Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.
In the very [poetry] there often an
undersong
of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend.
Landor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Undersong

UN'DERSONG

,
Noun.
Chorus; burden of a song.
Menalcas shall sustain his undersong.

Definition 2024


undersong

undersong

English

Noun

undersong (plural undersongs)

  1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
    Dryden.
  2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.
    an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind [] can comprehend. Landor.