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Emprise
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
emprise
c.1300, chivalrous endeavor, from O.Fr. emprise (12c.) enterprise, venture, adventure, undertaking, from V.L. *imprensa (cf. Prov. empreza, Sp. empresa, It. impresa), from *imprendere, from in- + prehendere to take (see prehensile). Archaic in English; in French now with
EXPANDa literal sense a hold, a grip.
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