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Definition of Emprise
1. n. An enterprise; endeavor; adventure.
2. v. t. To undertake.
Definition of Emprise
1. Noun. (archaic) An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To undertake. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emprise
1. an adventurous undertaking [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emprise
Literary usage of Emprise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"Fierce faces threat'ning wars ; Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. MILTON.
The cannon's hush'd !—nor drum nor clarion sound ; Helmet and hauberk gleam ..."
2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Swells his great heart, impetuous, to achieve, So notable high emprise, gainst
enemy Romans. To Caradoc, marching are, ..."
3. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... How bright the lustre of the hero's crown, Whose deeds of fair emprise his
honours raise, And bind his brows, like thine, with deathless bays! ..."
4. The Twenty-fourth Regiment, Massachusuetts Volunteers, 1861-1866, "New by Alfred Seelye Roe (1907)
"... Fields flashing in deeds of sublimest emprise! When earth rocked with thunder,
the sky glared with lire, And Havoc's red pinion dashed onward in ire! ..."
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