endure, experience, go through, suffer
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Undergo Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Undergo Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.
To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.
(v. t.)
To go or move below or under.
To go or move below or under.
(v. t.)
To be the bearer of; to possess.
To be the bearer of; to possess.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To be subject or amenable to; to underlie.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo be subject or amenable to; to underlie.
undergo
\un`der*go"\ (?), v. t. [imp. underwent (?); p. p. undergone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. undergoing.] [as. undergān. 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.
3. to be the bearer of; to possess. [obs.] their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, as infinite as man may undergo.
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.
5. to be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [obs.] claudio undergoes my challenge.
undergo
v
1. of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "the chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "the fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get]
2. go or live through; "we had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in viet nam" [syn: experience, see, go through ]
3. accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "we took a pay cut" [syn: take, submit]
Verb
1. of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
(synonym) experience, receive, have, get
(hyponym) respire
(entail) perceive, comprehend
2. go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"
(synonym) experience, see, go through
(hypernym) participate, take part
(hyponym) know, experience, live
3. accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
(synonym) take, submit
(hypernym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
(hyponym) test
(verb-group) take
Undergo Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Operation Undergo was the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division's operation to take the fortified French port of Calais in September 1944. A subsidiary operation was executed to silence and capture the heavy batteries at Cap Gris Nez, which threatened the sea approaches to Boulogne. The operation was part of the Allied effort to capture the Channel ports, following the breakout from Normandy.
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