Meaning

(transitive, nonstandard) To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.
2. (transitive, nonstandard) To submit; submit to; subvene
3. (intransitive, nonstandard, nonce word) To come through.

Example Sentences

[…] that is field dependent, and due to the fact that the beam coming from the guide star and the beam coming from another angular direction cross slightly different parts of the atmosphere medium, therefore undercome slightly different phase perturbations.

After the period of its relative stabilization in the first year of the program, the exchange rate undercame later consecutive devaluations attaining at the end of June 1990 […]

A third order time domain approach based on the code SWAN has also been undercome […]

The variables of the Greek and the Jew are multiplied and affected by the idempotent reprise of the Jew or of the Messiah, who apparently returns, but who in reality comes for the very-first time, who undercomes or sub-venes (sous-vient).

So I think we're all on journeys, according to how we're able to travel, overcome, undercome, and share what we have learned.

Word Forms

• undercomes
• undercoming
• undercame
• undercome

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Use undercome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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