Dictionary entry

Enterprise (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En″ter‐prise, v. t. 1. To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

The business must be enterprised this night. Dryden.

What would I not renounce or enterprise for you! T. Otway.

2. To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser.