undirtake

Middle English

Verb

undirtake

  1. (intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
      “I have now aspyed one knyght,” he seyde, “that woll play hys play at the justys, I undirtake.”
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