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emprise

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɛmˈpɹaɪz/Sorted eeimprsStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.

Word origin

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.

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  • [N]oble minds of yore allyed were, / In braue poursuit of cheualrous emprize, / That none did others safety despize […]
  • the deeds of love and high emprise
  • Nothing short of an imperative sense of duty could tempt me to set forth on that most perilous emprise, a discussion of the American language.

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