Enterprise

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To treat with hospitality; to Entertain.

II. Enterprise ·vi To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

III. Enterprise ·vt To Undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

IV. Enterprise ·noun Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

V. Enterprise ·noun 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.