UNDERGO

undergo

(verb) pass through; “The chemical undergoes a sudden change”; “The fluid undergoes shear”; “undergo a strange sensation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)

(transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.

(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.

(transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.

Synonyms

• (to go or move under)

• (to experience): go through, take, undercome

• (to suffer or endure): brook, put up with; See also tolerate

Anagrams

• go under, grounde, guerdon, ungored

Source: Wiktionary

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Un`der*go", v. t. [imp. Underwent; p. p. Undergone; p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] Etym: [AS. undergan. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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