Standard Lemma guide
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verb
To experience; to pass through a phase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: go through, take, undercome, run, see, stand
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To suffer or endure; bear with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: brook, put up with, abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, tolerate, undergang, undergo
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To go or move under or beneath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
pass through
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: respire, labor, labour, take, submit, experience, receive, have, get, see, go through
History
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”).
Across languages
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
