About The Word Undertake
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What's The Definition Of Undertake?
[v] enter into a contractual arrangement
[v] promise or guarantee [v] enter upon an activity or enterprise [v] accept as a charge [v] accept as a challenge Synonyms | Synonyms for Undertake: attempt | contract | guarantee | set about | tackle | take in charge | take on Related Terms | Find terms related to Undertake: See Also | accept | assure | charter | condition | confront | consent | covenant | face | face up | go for | hire | initiate | lease | pioneer | promise | qualify | rent | sign | specify | stipulate | subvent | underwrite Undertake In Webster's Dictionary \Un`der*take"\, 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.
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.
\Un`der*take"\, v. i. 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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