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em⋅prise

  [em-prahyz]
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–noun
1. an adventurous enterprise.
2. knightly daring or prowess.
Also, em⋅prize.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF, n. use of fem. of empris (ptp. of emprendre to undertake), equiv. to em- em- 1 + pris taken (see prize 1 )
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em·prise   (ěm-prīz')   
n.  

  1. A chivalrous or adventurous undertaking.

  2. Chivalrous daring or prowess.


[Middle English, from Old French, from feminine past participle of emprendre, to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprēndere : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin prehendere, prēndere, to take, grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
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