UNDERGO


Meaning of UNDERGO in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ 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

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