(1):
(v. t.) To assume, as a character.
(2):
(v. i.) To venture; to hazard.
(3):
(v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
(4):
(v. t.) To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
(5):
(v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.
(6):
(v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
(7):
(v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
(8):
(v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
(9):
(v. t.) To have knowledge of; to hear.
(10):
(v. t.) To take or have the charge of.
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