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UNDERTA'KE, pret. undertook pp. undertaken. under and take.

1. To engage in to enter upon to take in hand to begin to perform. When I undertook this work, I had a very inadequate knowledge of the extent of my labors.

2. To covenant or contract to perform or execute. A man undertakes to erect a house, or to make a mile of canal, when he enters into stipulations for that purpose.

3. To attempt as when a man undertakes what he cannot perform.

4. To assume a character. Not in use.

5. To engage with to attack.

Your lordship should not undertake every companion you offend. Not in use.

6. To have the charge of.

- Who undertakes you to your end. Not in use.

UNDERTA'KE,

1. To take upon or assume any business or province.

O Lord, I am oppressed undertake for me. Isaiah 38 .

2. To venture to hazard. They dare not undertake.

3. To promise to be bound.

I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.

To undertake for, to be bound to become surety for.