Undertaking, 1) that which one takes on himself and promises to perform; engagement: nor nothing monstrous neither? Nothing but our --s; when we vow to weep seas etc. Troil. III, 2, 83.
2) beginning, attempt, enterprise: Meas. III, 2, 239. All's IV, 3, 59. Wint. II, 2, 44. Troil. II, 2, 131. Hml. II, 1, 104.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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