Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to enterprise
Participle: enterprised
Gerund: enterprising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | enterprise |
| you | enterprise |
| he;she;it | enterprises |
| we | enterprise |
| you | enterprise |
| they | enterprise |
Perfect
| I | have enterprised |
| you | have enterprised |
| he;she;it | has enterprised |
| we | have enterprised |
| you | have enterprised |
| they | have enterprised |
Past
| I | enterprised |
| you | enterprised |
| he;she;it | enterprised |
| we | enterprised |
| you | enterprised |
| they | enterprised |
Pluperfect
| I | had enterprised |
| you | had enterprised |
| he;she;it | had enterprised |
| we | had enterprised |
| you | had enterprised |
| they | had enterprised |
Future
| I | will enterprise |
| you | will enterprise |
| he;she;it | will enterprise |
| we | will enterprise |
| you | will enterprise |
| they | will enterprise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have enterprised |
| you | will have enterprised |
| he;she;it | will have enterprised |
| we | will have enterprised |
| you | will have enterprised |
| they | will have enterprised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | enterprise |
| you | enterprise |
| he;she;it | enterprise |
| we | enterprise |
| you | enterprise |
| they | enterprise |
Perfect
| I | have enterprised |
| you | have enterprised |
| he;she;it | have enterprised |
| we | have enterprised |
| you | have enterprised |
| they | have enterprised |
Imperfect
| I | enterprised |
| you | enterprised |
| he;she;it | enterprised |
| we | enterprised |
| you | enterprised |
| they | enterprised |
Pluperfect
| I | had enterprised |
| you | had enterprised |
| he;she;it | had enterprised |
| we | had enterprised |
| you | had enterprised |
| they | had enterprised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would enterprise |
| you | would enterprise |
| he;she;it | would enterprise |
| we | would enterprise |
| you | would enterprise |
| they | would enterprise |
Perfect
| I | would have enterprised |
| you | would have enterprised |
| he;she;it | would have enterprised |
| we | would have enterprised |
| you | would have enterprised |
| they | would have enterprised |
Imperative
| you | enterprise |
| we | Let's enterprise |
| you | enterprise |
Verbs conjugated like 'enterprise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'enterprise'
energise,
enthronise,
eternise,
extemporise,
exteriorise,
interiorise,
interpose,
intervise,
underpoise,
underpraise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1430, from M.Fr. enterprise "an undertaking," n. use of fem. pp. of entreprendre "undertake, take in hand," from entre- "between" + prendre "to take." Abstract sense of "readiness to undertake challenges, spirit of daring" is from 1475.
2. From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.
Sample Sentences
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Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow[…], with only 280 horse and 950 foot , enterprised and accomplished the Conquest of Valentia [1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:]
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The business must be enterprised this night. [1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada:]
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c. 1680, Thomas Otway, letter to Elizabeth Barry
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What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
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Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprize. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14:]