Undergoing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone}
     (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[=a]n.
     See {Under}, and {Go}.]
     1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.]
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     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.
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              Certain to undergo like doom.         --Milton.
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     3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.]
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              Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace,
              As infinite as man may undergo.       --Shak.
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     4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.]
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              I have moved already
              Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans
              To undergo with me an enterprise.     --Shak.
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     5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.]
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              Claudio undergoes my challenge.       --Shak.
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