emprise

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Etymology[edit]

Noun is from Middle English emprise, from Old French emprise, emprinse, from Late Latin *imprensa, from Latin in- + prehendere (to take). The verb is from emprisen, from the same source.

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Noun[edit]

emprise (plural emprises)

  1. (archaic) An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
  2. (archaic) The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess.
    • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: [], London: [] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, [], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: [] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
      I love thy courage yet, and bold emprise; / But here thy sword can do thee little stead.

Verb[edit]

emprise (third-person singular simple present emprises, present participle emprising, simple past and past participle emprised)

  1. (obsolete) To undertake.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Italian impresa, Spanish empresa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁiz/
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Noun[edit]

emprise f (plural emprises)

  1. expropriation
  2. domination, control, influence
    • 2023 May, Luis Alberto Reygada, “Le rêve progressiste, et libre-échangiste, de la gauche latina”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 9:
      Notre objectif est de développer notre région [] », ajoutait-il face à ses homologues écologistes européens, eux sensibles à la déforestation, au changement climatique et à lemprise de la culture du soja (11).
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Noun[edit]

emprise oblique singularf (oblique plural emprises, nominative singular emprise, nominative plural emprises)

  1. enterprise; undertaking; activity

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: emprise
  • French: emprise

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