Definition of "undertake" []

• To take upon oneself; decide or agree to do: undertake a task. (verb-transitive)
• To pledge or commit oneself: undertake to care for an elderly relative. (verb-transitive)
• To set about; begin. (verb-transitive)
• Obsolete To accept combat with. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To make oneself responsible. Used with for. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Because the journey I am asking readers to undertake is emotional and troubling, I knew I wanted a strong narrative pull, a mystery that would add urgency to their reading."
• "With no goal in sight any effort we undertake is worthless."
• "One visit I have planned and can now undertake is to the ruins of Monte Alban - The White Mountain - in Oaxaca State still further to the South."