To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous
attempt. --Milton.
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. --Shak.
3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden.
And those two counties I will undertake Your grace
shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak.
I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
--Woodward.
4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.]
It is not fit your lordship should undertake every
companion that you give offense to. --Shak.
6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] ``Who undertakes you
to your end.'' --Shak.
Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer.
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. --Isa.
xxxviii. 14.
2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs.]
It is the cowish terror of his spirit That dare not
undertake. --Shak.
3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
But on mine honor dare I undertake For good lord
Titus' innocence in all. --Shak.