undergo

To undergo is to experience something.

(verb)

When you are required to have surgery, this is an example of a situation where you undergo surgery.

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See undergo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb underwent, undergone, undergoing

  1. to experience; endure; go through
  2. Obsolete to undertake

See undergo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb un·der·went (-wĕntˈ), un·der·gone (-gônˈ, -gŏnˈ), un·der·go·ing, un·der·goes (-gōzˈ)
  1. To pass through; experience: a house that is undergoing renovations.
  2. To endure; suffer: undergo great hardship.

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