UNDERGONE

UNDERGO

undergo

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

undergone

past participle of undergo

Anagrams

• dungeoner, gone under

Source: Wiktionary


UNDERGO

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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16 November 2024

LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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