ppl. a. [F. UNDERTAKE v.]
† 1. Attended to, made safe. Obs.–1
c. 1440. Pallad. 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.
a. 1592. Greene, Selimus, 2354. With willing heart great Tonombey hath left … my father’s court, To aid thee in thy undertaken war.
1608. Relat. Trav. W. Bush, C s b. Where he had so great a wager, as the venture of his life, in the performance of his vndertaken voyage.
1661. Baxter, Last Work Believer, Wks. 1830, XVIII. 35. May we not trust Him in his undertaken office?
1782. J. Brown, Nat. & Rev. Relig., V. i. 383. God was constantly preparing to demand his undertaken satisfaction from his Son.
