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