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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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un·der·go   (ŭn'dər-gō')   
tr.v.   un·der·went (-wěnt'), un·der·gone (-gôn', -gŏn'), un·der·go·ing, un·der·goes (-gōz')
  1. To pass through; experience: a house that is undergoing renovations.
  2. To endure; suffer: undergo great hardship.
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Undergo

Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. Underwent; p. p. Undergone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] [AS. underg[=a]n. 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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Language Translation for : undergo
Spanish: sufrir, pasar (por),
German: durchmachen,
Japanese: 耐える
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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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