Un`der*go" (?), v. t. [imp. Underwent (?); p. p. Undergone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] [AS. undergan. 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.
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