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undergone
[
uhn-der-
goh
]
Origin
un·der·go
/
ˌʌn
dərˈgoʊ
/
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[
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:
before 1000;
Middle English
undergon,
Old English
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.
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