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Definition of Undertake

Undertake 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. 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. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. To assume, as a character. To engage with; to attack. To have knowledge of; to hear. To take or have the charge of. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. To venture; to hazard. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. Related Definitions: About, Affirm, Any, As, Assume, Attack, Attempt, Be, Begin, Business, Character, Charge, Contract, Covenant, Duty, Engage, Enter, Execute, Expressly, Give, Guarantee, Hand, Have, Hazard, Hear, Hence, In, Into, Knowledge, Lay, Obligation, Of, One, Or, Perform, Promise, Province, Self, Set, Solemnly, Specifically, Surety, Take, The, To, Under, Upon, Venture, With

Undertake Quotations To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. Thomas Carlyle I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. Gertrude Stein It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. Napoleon Bonaparte Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. W. Somerset Maugham

Undertake Translations undertake in Dutch is ondernemen undertake in French is entreprenez, entreprenons, entreprennent undertake in Italian is intraprendere undertake in Latin is coepto, ineo, promitto, adeo undertake in Portuguese is empreenda

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