Un`der*fong" (?), v. t. [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underfn to undertake; under under + fn to take. See Fang to seize.]
1.
To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman. Rom. of R.
2.
To insnare; to circumvent.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
To sustain; to support; to guard.
Nash.
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