All 3 Uses of
undermine
in
David Copperfield
- He was taken ill in the night — quite prostrate he was — in consequence of Crab; and after being drugged with black draughts and blue pills, to an extent which Demple (whose father was a doctor) said was enough to undermine a horse's constitution, received a caning and six chapters of Greek Testament for refusing to confess.†
Chpt 7-9
- Have you considered what it is to undermine the confidence that should subsist between my daughter and myself?†
Chpt 37-39 *
- As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(undermine) weaken gradually