UNDERTAKE
\ˌʌndətˈe͡ɪk], \ˌʌndətˈeɪk], \ˌʌ_n_d_ə_t_ˈeɪ_k]\
Definitions of UNDERTAKE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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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.
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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.
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Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
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To assume, as a character.
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To engage with; to attack.
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To have knowledge of; to hear.
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To take or have the charge of.
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To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
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To venture; to hazard.
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To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
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To assume, as a character.
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To engage with; to attack.
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To have knowledge of; to hear.
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To take or have the charge of.
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To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
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To venture; to hazard.
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To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
By Noah Webster.
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To take upon oneself; assume as a duty or responsibility; attempt or try; promise.
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Undertook.
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Undertaken.
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Undertaking.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To take under one's management: to take upon one's self: to attempt.
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To take upon one's self: to be bound.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman