- (v.i.) To undertake an enterprise or something hazardous or difficult.
- (v.t.) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
- (n.) Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
- (v.t.) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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