Meaning of UNDERGO
| Pronunciation: | | `undur'gow
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- [v] accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
- [v] 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"
- [v] go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
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| | Synonyms: | | experience, get, go through, have, receive, see, submit, take |
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| | See Also: | | abide, bear, brook, come, comprehend, endure, endure, enjoy, feel, find, horripilate, know, live, meet, participate, perceive, put up, respire, stand, stomach, suffer, suffer, support, sustain, take, take part, test, tolerate, witness | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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