undertake
Verb
undertake (third-person singular simple present undertakes, present participle undertaking, simple past undertook, past participle undertaken)
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
He undertook a course of medication.
(intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
He undertook to take more exercise in future.
(informal) to overtake on the wrong side.
I hate people that try and undertake on the motorway.
(archaic, intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
(obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.