undertake

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
  3. Verb.  (informal) to overtake on the wrong side.
  4. Verb.  (archaic, intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
  5. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

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