Set
Undertake
Undertake verb - To take to or upon oneself.
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- In the course of their journey, their original goal is set aside in light of a greater mission they must undertake.
Source: Sweet and Sour Grapes - Kornbluth's short story "The Mindworm" (about a psychic vampire), the main character walks in on an artist who has finally set aside the time to undertake his Magnum Opus and unceremoniously smashes the raw material he painstakingly acquired.
Source: Life's Work Ruined
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