Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undersay
Participle: undersaid
Gerund: undersaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | undersay |
| you | undersay |
| he;she;it | undersays |
| we | undersay |
| you | undersay |
| they | undersay |
Perfect
| I | have undersaid |
| you | have undersaid |
| he;she;it | has undersaid |
| we | have undersaid |
| you | have undersaid |
| they | have undersaid |
Past
| I | undersaid |
| you | undersaid |
| he;she;it | undersaid |
| we | undersaid |
| you | undersaid |
| they | undersaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had undersaid |
| you | had undersaid |
| he;she;it | had undersaid |
| we | had undersaid |
| you | had undersaid |
| they | had undersaid |
Future
| I | will undersay |
| you | will undersay |
| he;she;it | will undersay |
| we | will undersay |
| you | will undersay |
| they | will undersay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undersaid |
| you | will have undersaid |
| he;she;it | will have undersaid |
| we | will have undersaid |
| you | will have undersaid |
| they | will have undersaid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undersay |
| you | undersay |
| he;she;it | undersay |
| we | undersay |
| you | undersay |
| they | undersay |
Perfect
| I | have undersaid |
| you | have undersaid |
| he;she;it | have undersaid |
| we | have undersaid |
| you | have undersaid |
| they | have undersaid |
Imperfect
| I | undersaid |
| you | undersaid |
| he;she;it | undersaid |
| we | undersaid |
| you | undersaid |
| they | undersaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had undersaid |
| you | had undersaid |
| he;she;it | had undersaid |
| we | had undersaid |
| you | had undersaid |
| they | had undersaid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undersay |
| you | would undersay |
| he;she;it | would undersay |
| we | would undersay |
| you | would undersay |
| they | would undersay |
Perfect
| I | would have undersaid |
| you | would have undersaid |
| he;she;it | would have undersaid |
| we | would have undersaid |
| you | would have undersaid |
| they | would have undersaid |
Imperative
| you | undersay |
| we | Let's undersay |
| you | undersay |
Verbs conjugated like 'undersay'
againsay,
appay,
assay,
belay,
enlay,
forelay,
foresay,
forlay,
forsay,
gainsay,
inlay,
interlay,
lay,
mislay,
mispay,
missay,
outlay,
outstay,
overlay,
overpay, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'undersay'
underlay,
underpay,
underbuy,
undercry,
underlap,
underman,
underplay,
undersail,
undersalt,
undersave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + say.
Sample Sentences
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They say, they con to heaven the highway; But by my soul I dare undersay, They never set foot on that same troad, But balke their right way, and strayen abroad. [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “September. Ægloga Nona.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:]
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My words undersay it, of course; I mean something rarer than critical, something better than ethical, and perhaps I had better retreat upon such a word as spiritual. [1899, W.D. Howells, “The New Poetry”, in The North American Review, volume 168, page 586:]
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How to undersay things when so many oversay them is one thing learnt. [1913, Laurence Jerrold, The French and the English, page 60:]
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Try not to overqualify or undersay what you have to say. [1981, Patricia A. Moody, Writing Today: A Rhetoric and Handbook, page 120:]