Un'der-gō', v. t.
[imp. UNDERWENT; p. p. UNDERGONE; p. pr. & vb. n. UNDERGOING.]
- To go or move below or under. [Obs.]
- To be subjected to; to bear; to pass through; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain; to undergo grief or anxiety; to undergo the operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. “Certain to undergo like doom.” Milton.
- To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.]
Virtues... As infinite as man may undergo. Shak. 4. To undertake; to support; to hazard. [Obs.] I have moved certain Romans To undergo with me an enterprise. Shak. 5. To be subject to. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. Shak.