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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Undergo \Un'der*go"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
undergo
verb
1: 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" [syn: {experience}, {receive}, {have}, {get}]
2: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: {experience}, {see}, {go through}]
3: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" [syn: {take}, {submit}] [also: {underwent}, {undergone}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, yield
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