See Also: undergo(medicine)
undergo(dictionary)
undergo(dictionary)

undergo (iou)



undergo verb trans. . OE.
[from UNDER- + GO verb.]
Undermine. Chiefly fig. OE-M17.
D. Rogers Lest thou shouldest undergo thy selfe in purchasing the pearle.
a. Be willing to do; accept, admit. rare. Only in ME.
b. Be subject to, serve. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Browning The new metre is admirable...So have you made our language undergo you.
Go or pass under. ME-E17.
G. Chapman Better my shoulders underwent the earth, than thy decease.
Occupy oneself with; get knowledge of. Only in ME.
Endure, suffer, go through. ME.
H. Martineau His fine spirit was broken by the anxieties he had undergone. V. Woolf She need not undergo that degradation.
b. Carry (a burden etc.). LME-M17.
H. Phillips Equality in the loss.., that so the burden may be the more easily undergone.
Be subjected to; experience; pass through. ME.
D. Meltzer She suffered a sudden illness and underwent surgery. M. Marrin Scientific tests the paintings had undergone in the United States.
b. Partake of, enjoy. rare. Only in E17.
Shakespeare Measure for Measure If any in Vienna be of worth To undergo such ample grace, and honour.
Be called by, assume, (a name). ME-E19.
B. H. Malkin A large ape, which underwent the name of Cupid.
Undertake (a task etc.). Now rare. LME.
T. Stanley Him a perfect Agent we may call, Who first considers what he undergoes.
b. Discharge (an office). E17-E18.
S. Pepys [He is] a very young man to undergo that place.