Undertake /(?)/

imp. Undertook; p. p. Undertaken; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.]

   Keep well those that ye undertake.

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.