acometer

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to assail
  2. (transitive, usually) to overtake
  3. (transitive) to undertake (a task, a project, an enterprise)

Hyphenated as
a‧co‧me‧ter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/akomeˈteɾ/
Etymology

From a- + cometer.

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