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Another word for undertake

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Verb

  1. To take upon oneself

    See also:

    accept

  2. To assume an obligation

    See also:

    obligation

    agree

  3. To go about the initial step in doing (something)

    Idioms:
    See also:

    start

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Another word for undertake

Verb
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Sentence Examples

  • If he did not die, he was considered unfit to undertake the mission and another was chosen.

  • In 488 Theodoric, king of the East Goths, received commission from the Greek emperor, Zeno, to undertake the affairs of Italy.

  • Napoleon's determination to undertake the invasion of England has often been disputed, but it is hard to imagine what other operation he contemplated, for the outbreak of hostilities with his continental enemies found him ill-supplied with intelligence as to the resources of the country he had then to traverse.

  • His assertion that he was moved to undertake his task mainly by "zeal for God's house and for His holy law," and the very free use he has made of quotations from the Bible, leave scarcely a.

  • You can undertake the theater, I society, and you, Hippolyte, of course the women.

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