Undertake
Undertake , transitive verb
[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.
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.
3.
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.
4.
To assume, as a character. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
5.
To engage with; to attack. [Obsolete]
It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to.
6.
To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obsolete] — Spenser
7.
To take or have the charge of. [Obsolete]
Who undertakes you to your end.
Keep well those that ye undertake.
Undertake , intransitive verb
1.
To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
2.
To venture; to hazard. [Obsolete]
It is the cowish terror of his spirit
That dare not undertake.
3.
To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
But on mine honor dare I undertake
For good lord Titus' innocence in all.