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noun
An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
To undertake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Noun is from Middle English emprise, from Old French emprise, emprinse, from Late Latin *imprensa, from Latin in- + prehendere (“to take”). The verb is from emprisen, from the same source.
