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verb (used with object)
1.
to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
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to promise, agree, or obligate oneself (followed by an infinitive): The married couple undertook to love, honor, and cherish each other.
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to warrant or guarantee (followed by a clause): The sponsors undertake that their candidate meets all the requirements.
4.
to take in charge; assume the duty of attending to: The lawyer undertook a new case.
verb (used without object)
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Archaic. to engage oneself by promise; give a guarantee, or become surety.
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Undertaken
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
undertake
c.1200, "to entrap," in the same sense as O.E. underniman (cf. Du. ondernemen, Ger. unternehmen), of which it is a partial loan-translation, from under + take. Cf. also Fr. entreprendre "to undertake," from entre "between, among" + prendre "to take."
EXPANDThe under in this word may be the same one that also may form the first element of understand. Meaning "to accept" is attested from mid-13c.; that of "to take upon oneself, to accept the duty of" is from c.1300. Undertaking "enterprise" is recorded from early 15c.
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