undergo

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To go or move below or under.

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.

To be the bearer of; to possess.

To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.

To be subject or amenable to; to underlie.

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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. Joseph Campbell

In order to change a way of thinking, it is necessary to undergo profound internal changes and to witness profound external changes, especially in the performance of our duties and obligations to society. Che Guevara

A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington

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