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un⋅der⋅go

[uhn-der-goh]
–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


un⋅der⋅go⋅er, noun


1. See experience. 2. bear, tolerate.


1. avoid.
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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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