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UNDERTA'KE, v.t. 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, v.i.

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

O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Is. 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.
1913 Definition
Undertake (undertake)
v. t.(?)
Un`der*take"
[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.

  8. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

    O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14.

  9. To venture; to hazard.
    [Obs.]

    It is the cowish terror of his spirit
    That dare not undertake.     Shak.

  10. 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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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language.
  








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