emprise

(em prīz′)

noun

Origin: ME emprise < OFr < pp. of emprendre, to undertake < VL *imprehendere < L im-, in + prehendere, to take: see prehensile

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noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine past participle of emprendre, to undertake

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *imprēndere

Origin: : Latin in-, in; see en-¹

Origin: + Latin prehendere, prēndere, to take, grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots

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