Un″der‐ac′tion (?), n. Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
The least episodes or underactions... are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. Dryden.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.