underfeel

underfeelverb

• 1

  obsoleteTo secretly gain knowledge from.

  • Under a show of messengers and invitants to Absalom's feast, but indeed to underfeel the chief of each tribe, and to acquaint them with the intent of the meeting at Hebron.
  • They did not impart this Deliberation to the Senate, for fear of making it too publick, truſting the Secret with none but Marco Antonio Barbaro, who was detained Priſoner at Conſtantinople: They charged him to underfeel the Grand Vizier, and conclude a Peace upon reaſonable Conditions; and in the mean time they conſulted with the reſt of the Magiſtrates about the Subſiſtance of the Troops for the next Campaign.
• 2

  To feel inadequately or to a lesser degree than expected.

  • As a child I had to fill in a lot of the missing information so I would “overthink,” “underfeel,” and stay confused and out of touch.
  • What I see from my world is your indecisiveness, you 'underfeel and undertell' to gain their support, is that not where you are my lady?

underfeelnoun

• 1

  An underlying feeling.

  • Against the text in Sango, the beat becomes more urgent and polyrhythmic, shifting from what began as a reggae-like underfeel to a fast rumba.