Dictionary entry

Undergo

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Un′der‐go″ (?), v. t. [imp.Underwent (?); p. p.Undergone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n.Undergoing.] [AS. undergān. See Under, and Go.] 1. To go or move below or under.

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.

Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace,

As infinite as man may undergo. Shak.

4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.

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.

Claudio undergoes my challenge. Shak.