Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Emprise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emprise \Em*prise"\, v. t.
To undertake. [Obs.] --Sackville.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emprise \Em*prise"\, n. [OF. emprise, fr. emprendre to
undertake; pref. em- (L. in) + F. prendre to take, L.
prehendere, prendere; prae before + a verb akin to E. get.
See {Get}, and cf. {Enterprise}, {Impresa}.] [Archaic]
1. An enterprise; endeavor; adventure. --Chaucer.
In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. --Spenser.
The deeds of love and high emprise. --Longfellow.
2. The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and
dangerous exploits.
I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here
thy sword can do thee little stead. --Milton.
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