Enterprise /(?)/
En·ter·prise
Enterprise
n.
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That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.
Their hands can not perform their enterprise.
- Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
Enterprise
v. t.
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To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. [R.]
The business must be enterprised this night.
What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
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To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.]
Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise.
Enterprise
v. i.
- To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.]