Emprise
[em-prahyz] /ɛmˈpraɪz/
noun
1.
an adventurous enterprise.
2.
knightly daring or prowess.
/ɛmˈpraɪz/
noun (archaic)
1.
a chivalrous or daring enterprise; adventure
2.
chivalrous daring or prowess
n.
c.1300, “chivalrous endeavor,” from Old French emprise (12c.) “enterprise, venture, adventure, undertaking,” from Vulgar Latin *imprensa (source of Provençal empreza, Spanish empresa, Italian impresa), from *imprendere “to undertake,” from in- + prehendere “to take” (see prehensile). Archaic in English; in French now with a literal sense “a hold, a grip.”
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