emprise
Americannoun
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an adventurous enterprise.
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knightly daring or prowess.
noun
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a chivalrous or daring enterprise; adventure
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chivalrous daring or prowess
Etymology
Origin of emprise
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun use of feminine of empris (past participle of emprendre to undertake), equivalent to em- em- 1 + pris taken ( see prize 1)
Example Sentences
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The Elizabethan age, big with luxury, vanity, conquest and high emprise, also produced the English miniature.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the moment when the tension becomes unbearable, the young man at the controls, face ashen with anxiety and exhaustion, slips on his helmet, slips the leash of fate and high emprise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus was concluded the twelfth and final year of an archeological emprise which has revealed much about the Sumerians, oldest of known civilized peoples.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Mexican war was just over, and the veterans–young veterans all–filled with the spirit of adventure turned eagerly toward this glittering new emprise.
From Gold by White, Stewart Edward
The whole city, stung by the apprehension of winter, had an atmosphere of emprise and energy.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
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