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under goer

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un⋅der⋅go

  [uhn-der-goh]
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–verb (used with object), -went, -gone, -go⋅ing.
1. to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
2. to endure; sustain; suffer: to undergo sustained deprivation.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME undergon, OE undergān. See under-, go 1

Related forms:
un⋅der⋅go⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See experience. 2. bear, tolerate.

Antonyms:
1. avoid.
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Word Origin & History

undergo 
O.E. undergan "undermine," from under + gan (see go). Cf. M.Du. ondergaen, O.H.G. untarkun, Ger. untergehen, Dan. undergaa. Sense of "submit to, endure" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pass through" (an alteration, etc.) is attested from 1634.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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