Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-DER-TAKE', v.i.

1. To take upon or assume any business or province. O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Is. xxxviii.
2. To venture; to hazard. They dare not undertake.
3. To promise; to be bound. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward. To undertake for, to be bound; to become surety for.