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Undertake

Undertake (undertake)
v. t.(?)
Un`der*take"
[imp. Undertook (?); p. p. Undertaken (?); p. pr. *** vb. n. Undertaking.] [Under + take.]
  1. To take upon one's self] to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

    To second, or oppose, or undertake
    The perilous attempt.     Milton.

  2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.

    I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak.

  3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.

    And he was not right fat, I undertake. Dryden.

    And those two counties I will undertake
    Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy.     Shak.

    I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward.

  4. To assume, as a character.
    [Obs.] Shak.
  5. To engage with; to attack.
    [Obs.]

    It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. Shak.

  6. To have knowledge of; to hear.
    [Obs.] Spenser.
  7. To take or have the charge of.
    [Obs.] "Who undertakes you to your end." Shak.

    Keep well those that ye undertake. Chaucer.

Undertake

Undertake (undertake)
v. i.
Un`der*take"
  1. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

    O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14.

  2. To venture; to hazard.
    [Obs.]

    It is the cowish terror of his spirit
    That dare not undertake.     Shak.

  3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.

    But on mine honor dare I undertake
    For good lord Titus' innocence in all.     Shak.













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