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"ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
"text": "Quince. […] you must needs play Pyramus.\nBottom. Well, I will undertake it.",
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"(obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on."
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"ref": "1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XIX, Chapter x, leaf 394v:",
"text": "Soo it happend in Spayne there was an Erles sone his name was Alphegus / and at a grete turnement in spayn this syre Vrre knyghte of Hongry and sir Alphegus of spayne encountred to gyders for veray enuy / and soo eyther vndertook other to the Vtteraunce.\n\"So it happened in Spain there was an earl’s son, his name was Alphegus, and at a great tournament in Spain this Sir Urre, knight of Hungary, and Sir Alphegus of Spain encountered together for very envy; and so either undertook other to the utterance.\"",
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"ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
"text": "It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offence to.",
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"To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight."
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"(obsolete) To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight."
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"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 34:",
"text": "Ne he his mouth would open unto wight,\nUntill that Guyon selfe unto him spake,\nAnd called Brigadore, (so was he hight,)\nWhose voice so soone as he did undertake,\nEftsoones he stood as still as any stake,",
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"glosses": [
"To have knowledge of; to hear."
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"(obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear."
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"ref": "1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
"text": "To the water side I must conduct your grace;\nThen give my charge up to Sir Nicholas Vaux,\nWho undertakes you to your end.",
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"To have or take charge of."
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"(obsolete) To have or take charge of."
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"UK"
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"word": "undirtake"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qāma",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "قَامَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predpriemam",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "предприемам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "emprendre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "進行"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìnxíng",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "进行"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "imprandro"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "ondernemen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "entrepreni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "ryhtyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "ruveta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "entreprendre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "unternehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "ausführen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epikheiréō",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "ἐπιχειρέω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "intraprendere"
},
{
"alt": "とりかかる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "torikakaru",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "取り掛かる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "matda",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "맡다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "adeo"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "emprendre"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "emprene"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empreender"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "întreprinde"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predprinimátʹ",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "предпринима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predprinjátʹ",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "предприня́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "emprender"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "acometer"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "girişmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "robýty",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "роби́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdíjsnjuvaty",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "зді́йснювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozpočynáty",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "розпочина́ти"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "brátysja",
"sense": "to start an enterprise",
"word": "бра́тися"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poemam zadǎlženie",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "поемам задължение"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "sich verpflichten"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epikheiréō",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "ἐπιχειρέω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "impegnarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "dedicarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "oati"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przedsięwziąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "dedicar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "comprometer-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ručátʹsja",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "руча́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručítʹsja",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "поручи́ться"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zavezati se"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "comprometerse a"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ručátysja",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "руча́тися"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "harantuváty",
"sense": "to commit oneself to an obligation",
"word": "гарантува́ти"
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"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Dalmatian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Occitan translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
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"tags": [
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"word": "overtake"
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"The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic."
],
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"curbside"
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"(British, informal) The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic."
],
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"British",
"informal"
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"tags": [
"UK"
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"audio": "en-us-undertake.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-us-undertake.ogg/En-us-undertake.ogg.mp3",
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"word": "undirtake"
}
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}
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