Synonyms for emprise

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-prahyz

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈpraɪz

Définition of emprise

Origin : c.1300, "chivalrous endeavor," from Old French emprise (12c.) "enterprise, venture, adventure, undertaking," from Vulgar Latin *imprensa (source of Provençal empreza, Spanish empresa, Italian impresa), from *imprendere "to undertake," from in- + prehendere "to take" (see prehensile). Archaic in English; in French now with a literal sense "a hold, a grip."

noun adventure

Example sentences :

Unless this emprise succeeds he is never like to rule in Mondolfo.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

He is coming so much nearer that he understands her emprise.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

I felt fresh as if I had slept; my nerves were strung for emprise.
Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid

At the court he affixed his challenge, and maintained this emprise in tilt and tourney.
Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli

This time her foot was not withdrawn, and he felt that his emprise was rewarded.
Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes

A smattering of the irregular verbs will not much avail him in that emprise.
Extract from : « And Even Now » by Max Beerbohm

One has the sense at times of spying from ambush upon a promise of emprise and some great gain.
Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell

And the next day in the dawning when soon the sun should rise, The Cid was armed and with him all the men of his emprise.
Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose

True, I walked in the paths of pensive thought; but it was only to think of John--Blount and of the emprise we had in hand.
Extract from : « A Legend of Reading Abbey » by Charles MacFarlane

To me the most tender and beautiful thing in all this our great adventure and emprise was the meeting of little Arthur and Alice.
Extract from : « A Legend of Reading Abbey » by Charles MacFarlane

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