underfongen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === underfangen, undervongen === Etymology === From Old English underfōn (“to receive, obtain, take, accept, take in, entertain, take up, undertake, assume, adopt, submit to, undergo, steal”), from Proto-Germanic *under + *fanhaną (“to take, receive”). Cognate with Dutch ondervangen (“to overcome, forestall”), German unterfangen (“to venture, dare”). === Verb === underfongen (transitive) to undertake (transitive) to accept; receive (transitive) to insnare; entrap; deceive by false suggestions (transitive) to support or guard from beneath ==== Related terms ==== underfon ==== Descendants ==== English: underfong