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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
undertake \un`dertake"\, v. t. 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.
1913 webster
to second, or oppose, or undertake
the perilous attempt. --milton.
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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.
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i 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --shak.
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3. hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
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and he was not right fat, i undertake. --dryden.
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and those two counties i will undertake
your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --shak.
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i dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
--woodward.
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4. to assume, as a character. obs. --shak.
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5. to engage with; to attack. obs.
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it is not fit your lordship should undertake every
companion that you give offense to. --shak.
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6. to have knowledge of; to hear. obs. --spenser.
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7. to take or have the charge of. obs. "who undertakes you
to your end." --shak.
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keep well those that ye undertake. --chaucer.
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see also:
undertook undertaken undertaking
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
undertaken
see undertake
see also:
undertake
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
undertake
v 1: enter upon an activity or enterprise syn: set about, attempt
2: accept as a challenge; "i'll tackle this difficult task"
syn: tackle, take on
3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the
prisoners" syn: guarantee
4: enter into a contractual arrangement syn: contract
5: accept as a charge syn: take in charge
also: undertook, undertaken
see also:
set about attempt tackle take on guarantee contract
take in charge undertook undertaken
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 moby thesaurus words for "undertaken":
accepted, agreed, arranged, assumed, chanced, compacted,
contracted, covenanted, engaged, in hand, in process, in progress,
in the works, on the anvil, promised, sealed, settled, signed,
stipulated, under way
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