undernimen

== Middle English == === Etymology === From underniman (“to take in, receive, comprehend, understand, blame, be indignant at, take upon oneself, steal”) Cognate with Dutch ondernemen (“to undertake, attempt”), German unternehmen (“to undertake, attempt”). === Verb === undernimen (third-person singular simple present undernimeth, present participle undernimmende, first-/third-person singular past indicative undernam, past participle undernome or undernum) (transitive) to seize; catch; grasp (transitive) to perceive or understand 1858 (original: circa 1400), Mary Cowden Clarke (editor), Geoffrey Chaucer (author), The Canterbury Tales, in World-noted Women; Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Land and Ages, page 107: (transitive) to blame; reprove; rebuke; reprimand; reprehend 2004 (original: 1357–1371), John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: 2012 (original: ????), Sammy R Browne, A Brief Anthology of English Literature (Lulu.com, →ISBN), page 190: