v. Obs. [UNDER-1 4 b and 8. Cf. Du. onderbrengen, G. unterbringen.]
1. trans. To bring into subjection.
c. 1320. Cast. Love, 1316. For whon þe world was furst wrouȝt, He haþ him vnder-i-brouȝt [v.r. underbrowght].
c. 1440. Eng. Conq. Irel., 91. Smyrte agayn the bolde, meke wyth ham that weryn vndyr-broght.
2. To bring in surreptitiously.
1382. Wyclif, Gal. ii. 4. For false britheren vndirbrouȝt yn, the whiche priuely entriden for to aspie oure liberte.
