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emprise
 
SYLLABICATION:em·prise
PRONUNCIATION:  m-prz
NOUN:1. A chivalrous or adventurous undertaking. 2. Chivalrous daring or prowess.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from feminine past participle of emprendre, to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprndere : Latin in-, in; see en–1 + Latin prehendere, prndere, to take, grasp; see ghend- in Appendix I.
 
 
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