UNDERGO

v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To go or move below or under. [Obs.]

2.
v.

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.
v.

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.
v.

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.
v.

To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. Shak.

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