- present tense form of undertake (3rd person singular).
undertakes
Example Sentences
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In some of the more northern counties these hundreds are called wapentakes.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828 by Various
The wild scenery of the fells, the tame agricultural region, and the smoky wapentakes, where commerce erects more steeples than religion, were traversed during my rambles.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
It was from this iron weapon, upon which the city officers of justice took the oath when they entered on their duties, that the old wapentakes of the English police derived their qualification.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
In this wise Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire were divided into wapentakes instead of "hundreds."
From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George
For defraying the expenses of draining, it appears that in general a rate was levied upon all lands in the contiguous wapentakes.
From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George
