Word Study
undergo
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To go or move below or under. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Certain to undergo like doom." [1913 Webster]
- To be the bearer of; to possess. [1913 Webster]"Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo." [1913 Webster] - To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [1913 Webster]"I have moved already
Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans
To undergo with me an enterprise." [1913 Webster] - To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [1913 Webster]"Claudio undergoes my challenge." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
undergo, v.tr. (3rd sing. present -goes; past -went; past part. -gone) be subjected to; suffer; endure.
Etymology
OE undergan (as UNDER-, GO(1))
THESAURUS
undergo
abide, afford, be exposed to, be subjected to, bear, bow, defer, encounter, endure, experience, feel, go through, have, know, labor under, live through, meet, meet up with, meet with, pass through, pay, run up against, see, spare, spare the price, spend, stand, stand under, submit, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, taste, tolerate, weather, well afford, withstand, yieldROGET THESAURUS
undergo
Eventuality
VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.For further exploring for "undergo" in Webster Dictionary Online