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Webster 1913 Edition
Undercurrent
Un′der-curˊrent
,Noun.
1.
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
Totten.
2.
Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency;
as, a strong
. undercurrent
of sentiment in favor of a prisonerAll the while there was a busy
undercurrent
in her. G. Eliot.
Un′der-curˊrent
,Adj.
Running beneath the surface; hidden.
[R.]
“Undercurrent woe.” Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Undercurrent
UNDERCUR'RENT
,Noun.