undergo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pass through
    • The chemical undergoes a sudden change
    • The fluid undergoes shear
    • undergo a strange sensation

WordNet

Un`der*go" transitive verb
Etymology
AS. undergan. See Under, and Go.
Wordforms
imperfect Underwent ; past participle Undergone present participle & verbal noun Undergoing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913