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underˈtaken, ppl. a.
[f. undertake v.]
†1. Attended to, made safe. Obs.—1
c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 203 Eke as the grape is grene and wol not shake, Vpbynde hit softe, and hit is vndirtake.
2. Taken in hand; enterprised.
a1592Greene Selimus 2354 With willing heart great Tonombey hath left..my father's court, To aid thee in thy undertaken war. 1608Relat. Trav. W. Bush C 2 b, Where he had so great a wager, as the venture of his life, in the performance of his vndertaken voyage. 1661Baxter Last Work Believer Wks. 1830 XVIII. 35 May we not trust Him in his undertaken office? 1782J. Brown Nat. & Rev. Relig. v. i. 383 God was constantly preparing to demand his undertaken satisfaction from his Son. |