emprise
9.9
A difficult or brave project that needs courage
- noun
- /ɛmˈpraɪz/
- Archaic
:
empresa
- The knight embarked on a daring emprise to rescue the captured princess from the dragon.
Examples
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Their joint emprise to explore uncharted territories was both thrilling and perilous.
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Her latest emprise in the wilderness involved climbing the tallest mountains in the region.
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"Too long have we deferred this new emprise, who night by night will now have lain with a shift between" -- and still he waits.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
escapade
vsemprise
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6.8
A fun, daring adventure that is a little wild
is a serious planned undertaking that needs courage rather than brief excitement
How Adventurous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emprise comes from Old French parts em- and prise, meaning 'to take on' or 'to undertake', and it is like the word enterprise. So an emprise is a thing someone takes on—often a bold or difficult project—so it means an adventurous undertaking.