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Definition of Undertake

1. Verb. Enter upon an activity or enterprise.

2. Verb. Accept as a challenge. "I'll tackle this difficult task"

3. Verb. Promise to do or accomplish. "They undertake them the money"; "Guarantee to free the prisoners"

4. Verb. Enter into a contractual arrangement. "They undertake to move "

5. Verb. Accept as a charge.

Definition of Undertake

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

3. v. t. 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.

4. v. i. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

Definition of Undertake

1. Verb. (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.). ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.). ¹

3. Verb. (informal) to overtake on the wrong side. ¹

4. Verb. (archaic intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Undertake

1. [v -TOOK, -TAKEN, -TAKING, -TAKES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Undertake

undersuit undersuits undersung undersupplied undersupplies undersupply undersupplying undersupport undersupported undersupporting

undersupports undersurface undersurfaces underswell undertakable undertake (current term) undertaken undertaker undertakers undertakes

undertaking undertakings undertax undertaxed undertaxes undertaxing undertenancies undertenancy undertenant undertenants

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