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.