Associations to the word «Undertake»

Wiktionary

UNDERTAKE, verb. (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
UNDERTAKE, verb. (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
UNDERTAKE, verb. (informal) To overtake on the wrong side.
UNDERTAKE, verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
UNDERTAKE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
UNDERTAKE, verb. (obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on.
UNDERTAKE, verb. (obsolete) To engage with; to attack.
UNDERTAKE, verb. (obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear.
UNDERTAKE, verb. (obsolete) To have or take charge of.

Dictionary definition

UNDERTAKE, verb. Enter upon an activity or enterprise.
UNDERTAKE, verb. Accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task".
UNDERTAKE, verb. Promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners".
UNDERTAKE, verb. Enter into a contractual arrangement.
UNDERTAKE, verb. Accept as a charge.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca