Hypertext Webster Gateway: "undergo"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone}
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[=a]n.
See {Under}, and {Go}.]
1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.]

2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through;
to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and
fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe
operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the
process of digestion.

Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton.

3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.]

Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As
infinite as man may undergo. --Shak.

4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.]

I have moved already Some certain of the
noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an
enterprise. --Shak.

5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.]

Claudio undergoes my challenge. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

undergo
v 1: of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea";
"experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange
sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change";
"The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a
feeling" [syn: {experience}, {receive}, {have}, {get}]
2: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he
saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: {experience}, {see}, {go
through}]
3: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
[syn: {take}, {submit}]


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