| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb
Etymology: Middle English undergon, undergoon, from under (I) + gon, goon to go — more at go
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to move or pass under or underneath
2. obsolete : undertake
3. obsolete : to partake of
4. : to submit to : endure , suffer , sustain
tragic hero rises above … the world man undergoes — W.E.Allen
5. : to go through : be the subject of (as a process) : receive the effect of
undergo martyrdom
undergo surgery
undergo examination
undergo a moral conversion
words which had undergone certain derivational processes — Stanley Newman
undergo complete metamorphosis
intransitive verb
: endure
the self acts as well as undergoes — John Dewey
the inarticulate merely undergo — S.V.Benét
Synonyms: see experience