UNDERTAKE

vt to assume, as a character.

2. undertake ·vt to take or have the charge of.

3. undertake ·vi to give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.

4. undertake ·vt to engage with; to attack.

5. undertake ·vt to have knowledge of; to hear.

6. undertake ·vi to venture; to hazard.

7. undertake ·vi to take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

8. undertake ·vt hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.

9. undertake ·vt 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.

10. undertake ·vt 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.