underwrite \un`derwrite"\, v. t. imp. underwrote, obs.
   underwrit; p. p. underwritten, obs. underwrit; p. pr. 
   vb. n. underwriting.
   1. to write under something else; to subscribe.
      1913 webster

            what addition and change i have made i have here
            underwritten.                         --bp.
                                                  sanderson.
      1913 webster

   2. to subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for
      marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's
      name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of
      becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration
      of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals,
      as well as companies, may underwrite policies of
      insurance. --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

            the broker who procures the insurance ought not, by
            underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of
            his unbiased testimony.               --marshall.
      1913 webster
see also:
underwrote underwrit underwritten underwriting 

underwrote
     see underwrite
see also:
underwrite 

underwrite
     v 1: guarantee financial support of; "the opera tour was
          subvented by a bank" syn: subvention, subvent
     2: protect by insurance; "the insurance won't cover this" syn:
         cover, insure
     also: underwrote, underwritten
see also:
subvention subvent cover insure underwrote underwritten