- as inapproach
- as inoffer
- as inattempt
- as inpass
- as inpledge
- as inpresume
- as inpromise
- as inresolve
- as inseek
- as inaccept
- as instruggle
- as intackle
- as intake
- as intake a crack at
- as intake on
- as intake up
- as inbegin
- as intry
- as inturn
- as inundertake
- as inwage
- as inwarrant
- as inact
- as inaddress
- as incontract
- as incovenant
- as indare
- as indispense
- as indo
- as inendeavor
- as inengage
- as inengage
- as inessay
- as infall to
- as ingo into
Synonyms for under took
verb beginAntonyms for under took
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
Word Origin & History
c.1200, "to entrap," in the same sense as Old English underniman (cf. Dutch ondernemen, German unternehmen), of which it is a partial loan-translation, from under + take. Cf. also French entreprendre "to undertake," from entre "between, among" + prendre "to take." The under in this word may be the same one that also may form the first element of understand. Meaning "to accept" is attested from mid-13c.; that of "to take upon oneself, to accept the duty of" is from c.1300.