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verb
To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, transitive
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verb
To submit; submit to; subvene
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, transitive
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verb
To come through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, nonce-word, nonstandard
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History
From Middle English *undercomen, from Old English undercuman (“to come under, submit, assist”), from Proto-Germanic *under (“under”) + *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to under- + come. Cognate with West Frisian ûnderkomme (“to shelter, come under”), Dutch onderkomen (“to shelter, find accommodation”), German unterkommen (“to stay, find accommodation, find a job”), Icelandic undirkoma (“to come under”).
