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undertaking
(mass) | undertaking
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undertaking
(encz) | undertaking,podnikání n: Zdeněk Brož |
undertaking
(encz) | undertaking,pohřební služby Zdeněk Brož |
undertaking
(encz) | undertaking,závazek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Undertaking
(gcide) | Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. Undertook; p. p.
Undertaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Undertaking.] [Under + take.]
1. 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.
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To second, or oppose, or undertake
The perilous attempt. --Milton.
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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.
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I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak.
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3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
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And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden.
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And those two counties I will undertake
Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak.
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I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
--Woodward.
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4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.]
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It is not fit your lordship should undertake every
companion that you give offense to. --Shak.
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6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] "Who undertakes you
to your end." --Shak.
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Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer.
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Undertaking
(gcide) | Undertaking \Un`der*tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project
or business. --Hakluyt.
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2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project
which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an
enterprise.
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3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the
management of funerals.
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4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. --A. Trollope.
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undertaking
(wn) | undertaking
n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking,
project, task, labor]
2: the trade of a funeral director |
UNDERTAKING
(bouvier) | UNDERTAKING, contracts. An engagement by one of the parties to a contract to
the other, and not the mutual engagement of the parties to each other; a
promise. 5 East, R. 17; 2 Leon. 224, 5; 4 B, & A. 595.
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dangerous undertaking
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Undertaking
(gcide) | Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. Undertook; p. p.
Undertaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Undertaking.] [Under + take.]
1. 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.
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To second, or oppose, or undertake
The perilous attempt. --Milton.
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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.
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I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak.
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3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
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And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden.
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And those two counties I will undertake
Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak.
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I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
--Woodward.
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4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.]
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It is not fit your lordship should undertake every
companion that you give offense to. --Shak.
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6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] "Who undertakes you
to your end." --Shak.
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Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Undertaking \Un`der*tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project
or business. --Hakluyt.
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2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project
which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an
enterprise.
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3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the
management of funerals.
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4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. --A. Trollope.
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dangerous undertaking
(wn) | dangerous undertaking
n 1: a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
[syn: adventure, escapade, risky venture, {dangerous
undertaking}] |
UNDERTAKING
(bouvier) | UNDERTAKING, contracts. An engagement by one of the parties to a contract to
the other, and not the mutual engagement of the parties to each other; a
promise. 5 East, R. 17; 2 Leon. 224, 5; 4 B, & A. 595.
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