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The Meaning of enterprise
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(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.
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(n.) Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
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(v. t.) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
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(v. t.) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
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(v. i.) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
Synonyms
endeavor
,
endeavour
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enterprisingness
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initiative
,
go-ahead
Rhymes
accessorize
,
actualize
,
advertise
,
advise
,
africanize
,
aggrandize
,
agonize
,
ais
,
allies
,
alphabetize
,
aluminize
,
americanize
,
amortize
,
analyze
,
anglicize
,
antagonize
,
apologize
,
applies
,
apprise
,
arise
,
authorize
,
ayes
,
balkanize
,
baptize
,
bies
,
bise
,
bitesize
,
brize
,
brutalize
,
burglarize
,
butterflies
,
buys
,
cannibalize
,
canonize
,
capitalize
,
capsize
,
caramelize
,
carbonize
,
catalyze
,
categorize
,
centralize
,
characterize
,
chastise
,
christianize
,
circularize
,
circumcise
,
civilize
,
clockwise
,
collateralize
,
collectivize
,
colonize
,
colorize
,
commercialize
,
communize
,
compartmentalize
,
complies
,
comprise
,
compromise
,
computerize
,
containerize
,
creolize
,
cries
,
crise
,
criticize
,
crosswise
,
crystallize
,
customize
,
decentralize
,
decries
,
decriminalize
,
deemphasize
,
deffeyes
,
defies
,
demilitarize
,
demise
,
demobilize
,
democratize
,
demonize
,
demoralize
,
denationalize
,
departmentalize
,
depersonalize
,
depressurize
,
deputize
,
desensitize
,
despise
,
destabilize
,
devise
,
digitize
,
dise
,
disenfranchise
,
disguise
,
disorganize
,
dramatize
,
dries
,
duis
,
dyes
,
economize
,
edgewise
,
editorialize
,
eis
,
empathize
,
emphasize
,
emprise
,
energize
,
enfranchise
,
epitomize
,
equalize
,
eulogize
,
evangelize
,
exercise
,
eyes
,
familiarize
,
fantasize
,
federalize
,
fertilize
,
fictionalize
,
finalize
,
flies
,
formalize
,
fossilize
,
franchise
,
fraternize
,
fries
,
gadflies
,
galvanize
,
generalize
,
glamorize
,
globalize
,
goodbyes
,
grise
,
guise
,
guys
,
harmonize
,
hellenize
,
highs
,
hise
,
homogenize
,
hospitalize
,
humanize
,
hybridize
,
hydrolyze
,
hypnotize
,
hypothesize
,
idealize
,
idolize
,
immobilize
,
immunize
,
implies
,
improvise
,
incise
,
industrialize
,
initialize
,
internalize
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internationalize
,
ionize
,
itemize
,
jeopardize
,
kleis
,
knies
,
krise
,
kyes
,
legalize
,
legitimize
,
lengthwise
,
levis
,
liberalize
,
lies
,
likewise
,
lionize
,
lise
,
localize
,
lullabies
,
marginalize
,
marseilles
,
materialize
,
maximize
,
mechanize
,
memorialize
,
memorize
,
merchandise
,
mesmerize
,
metabolize
,
mies
,
militarize
,
mineralize
,
miniaturize
,
minimize
,
mize
,
mobilize
,
modernize
,
monopolize
,
moralize
,
motorize
,
nationalize
,
naturalize
,
neutralize
,
nies
,
normalize
,
nuys
,
optimize
,
organize
,
ostracize
,
otherwise
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outsize
,
overemphasize
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oversize
,
oxidize
,
panelize
,
paralyze
,
pasteurize
,
pastoralize
,
patronize
,
penalize
,
personalize
,
pint-size
,
plagiarize
,
polarize
,
politicize
,
polymerize
,
popularize
,
pressurize
,
pries
,
prioritize
,
prise
,
privatize
,
prize
,
professionalize
,
propagandize
,
proselytize
,
publicize
,
pulverize
,
rabbis
,
randomize
,
rationalize
,
realize
,
reauthorize
,
recapitalize
,
recognize
,
reemphasize
,
regionalize
,
relies
,
remerchandise
,
renationalize
,
reorganize
,
replies
,
reprise
,
revise
,
revitalize
,
revolutionize
,
rhapsodize
,
ries
,
rise
,
romanticize
,
rubberize
,
samurais
,
sanitize
,
satirize
,
scandalize
,
schleis
,
scrutinize
,
seise
,
sensationalize
,
sensitize
,
serialize
,
shies
,
sidewise
,
sighs
,
size
,
skies
,
socialize
,
soliloquize
,
sonrise
,
specialize
,
stabilize
,
standardize
,
sterilize
,
stigmatize
,
stylize
,
subsidize
,
suburbanize
,
summarize
,
sunrise
,
supervise
,
supplies
,
surmise
,
surprise
,
symbolize
,
sympathize
,
synchronize
,
synthesize
,
tantalize
,
televise
,
temporize
,
terrorize
,
thais
,
theis
,
theorize
,
thighs
,
ties
,
tranquilize
,
traumatize
,
tries
,
trivialize
,
undercapitalize
,
underlies
,
unionize
,
unwise
,
urbanize
,
utilize
,
vandalize
,
vaporize
,
verbalize
,
vies
,
visualize
,
westernize
,
winterize
,
wise
,
womanize
,
wyse