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Undertaking   /ˈəndərtˌeɪkɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Undertake  v. t.  (past undertook; past part. undertaken; pres. part. undertaking)  
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. (Obs.)
5.
To engage with; to attack. (Obs.) "It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to."
6.
To have knowledge of; to hear. (Obs.)
7.
To take or have the charge of. (Obs.) "Who undertakes you to your end." "Keep well those that ye undertake."


Undertake  v. i.  (past undertook; past part. undertaken; pres. part. undertaking)  
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. (Obs.) "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."


noun
Undertaking  n.  
1.
The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
2.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
3.
Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
4.
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.





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"Undertaking" Quotes from Famous Books



... lot to make ready for moving; but this time there was no Uncle John to take the oversight. The furniture was to be packed and sent as well as the bedding and clothes. It was a big undertaking, but was finally accomplished. It was with a feeling of relief that Austin left his grandfather's village. His experience with the welfare officer had been too great a humiliation ...
— The Hero of Hill House • Mable Hale
... English general made a reconnaissance in force from San Fiorenzo, and retired without attempting to strike a blow, though he had 2000 of the finest troops in the world lying idle; declaring that the enterprise was so rash that no officer would be justified in undertaking it. He even refused to furnish Lord Hood with a single soldier, cannon, ...
— Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia - with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. • Thomas Forester
... may be necessary for his needs, and to pay therefor the market price; and to purchase all corn raised by him in the event be wishes to remove from James plantation at the termination of this contract. In consideration of the above undertaking on Smith and Brown's part, the said tenant hereby agrees to sell to them all surplus corn raised by him and in the event of his leaving James' plantation at the termination of this contract to sell to them all corn he may have on hand: in each ...
— The Negro Farmer • Carl Kelsey
... famous for his generosity to men of enterprise, furnished him with money for the undertaking. He expended nearly all of it in purchasing sea stores; and these, most unluckily, were all seized by a custom-house officer, on account of some articles which the English law forbade ...
— Parker's Second Reader • Richard G. Parker
... day there had been unprecedented excitement at No. 17, Wyatt Street. Until late that evening Elsie and Dora Bishop, in consultation with their mother, went into all the financial details of the undertaking. Little Maurice Priestly could sleep in the small room at the top of the house, used then as a box room. The smallness of the window in the sloping ceiling could easily be disguised by lace curtains ...
— Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston


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