undergo
Meanings
Verb
- pass through
- "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"
- "The fluid undergoes shear"
- "undergo a strange sensation"
- To experience; to pass through a phase.
- To suffer or endure; bear with.
- To go or move under or beneath.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).
Synonyms
abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, go through, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, run, see, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, tolerate, undercome, undergang, undergo
Scrabble Score: 9
undergo is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordundergo is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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