- Under + take
- 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.
- 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.
- Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.And he was not right fat, I undertake.And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy.I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
- To assume, as a character.Obs
- To engage with; to attack.ObsIt is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to.
- To have knowledge of; to hear.Obs
- To take or have the charge of.ObsWhoundertakesyou to your end.Keep well those that ye undertake.
