vbl. sb. [f. UNDERGO v.]
1. The action of the verb, in various senses.
c. 1380. E. E. Psalter xl. 10 [see UNDERGANGING vbl. sb.].
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 511. Vndergoynge, submeatus.
1608. D. T[uvill], Ess. Pol. & Mor., 119. The prayse of hauing well conducted the course of one, is a bayte, which drawes them on to the vnder-going of another.
1612. W. Sclater, Christian’s Strength, 9. What avails it … whether on the right hand, or on the left; by overgoing or undergoing; we be deprived of salvation?
1645. Bp. Hall, Rem. Discontents, Pref. 4. A meek undergoing of those sufferings.
1712. Berkeley, Pass. Obed., Wks. 1871, III. 136. The undergoing an execution is worse than the hazard of a battle.
2. = HOLING vbl. sb. 2.
1883. Gresley, Gloss. Coal-m., 135.
