Un″der (ŭn″dẽr), adv. In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; — used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.
I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection. 1 Cor. ix. 27.
The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain
Could not bring his proud soul under. Moore.
☞ Under is often used in composition with a verb to indicate lowness or inferiority in position or degree, in the act named by the verb; as, to underline; to undermine; to underprop.