Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Suffering; enduring; patient; tolerant.

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  • verb Present participle of undergo.

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Examples

  • Arms crossed, tucked in against the cold, she squinted at Isobel, her expression undergoing a strange battle between concern and outrage.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Arms crossed, tucked in against the cold, she squinted at Isobel, her expression undergoing a strange battle between concern and outrage.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Arms crossed, tucked in against the cold, she squinted at Isobel, her expression undergoing a strange battle between concern and outrage.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Since then, he's had a crash course in the tools and economics of content online, which he describes as undergoing a "revolution" as a result of the 3G iPhone and the movement of television out of the home.

    mediabistro.com: Media News 2009

  • Right now, publishing in undergoing fundamental changes and the opportunities for authors are wide open to try new things.

    Practice Failing Until The Day You Can Fly. Lessons Learned From The Wright Brothers. - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn 2009

  • Simply it's the Earth-Fountain undergoing some preliminary tests in Iraq to resolve some mechanical kinks before its delivery to yet another outrageously themed megapark in Dubai.

    Earth-Fountain Redux 2005

  • Simply it's the Earth-Fountain undergoing some preliminary tests in Iraq to resolve some mechanical kinks before its delivery to yet another outrageously themed megapark in Dubai.

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • "Eh?" exclaimed Harley, his expression undergoing a subtle change.

    Bat Wing Sax Rohmer 1921

  • That doesn't mean that Bono isn't entirely dismissing the idea of undergoing surgery.

    Chaz Bono Eager To Start Dating Again As Guy 2012

  • It should be noted that the husband could derive monetary benefit from his jealousy because an innocent woman might be frightened by the idea of undergoing the trial of bitter waters which had legendary powers and potentially gruesome results and would forgo the trial, thereby forfeiting her ketubbah.

    Legal-Religious Status of the Suspected Adulteress (Sotah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

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