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/ˈəndərlˌaɪn/ Listen

verb

Underline v. t.

To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

To influence secretly. (Obs.)

Emphasize or call attention to; highlight; as, Long waits at the emergency room underline the need for a larger hospital. "."

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Etymology of 'Underline'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Underline" Quotes from Famous Books

... when she read the name and its underline, and the quick indrawing of the breath and the little shudder that went with it were not thrown away upon him. But the other signs; the pressing of the even teeth upon the lower lip and the coming and going of three straight lines ...

— The Price • Francis Lynde

... of bipartisan cooperation, of economic growth, and military deterrence, and a growing spirit of unity among our people at home and our allies abroad underline a fundamental and far-reaching change: The United States is safer, stronger, and more secure in 1984 than before. We can now move with confidence to seize the opportunities ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... straight border of the river ran, and the shadows of the pipals and the banyans were richly purple over the roads. The light struck on the stuccoed upper verandahs of the houses in Chowringhee which made behind their gardens the other border, and seemed to push them back, to underline their scattered insignificance, hinting that the Maidan at its pleasure might surge over them altogether. Calcutta, the teeming capital, lived in the streets and gullies behind that chaste frontage, and quarrelled over drainage schemes; but out here cattle grazed in quiet companies, ...

— The Path of a Star • Mrs. Everard Cotes (AKA Sara Jeannette Duncan)