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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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