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Answer for the clue "Derring-do ", 7 letters:
emprise
Word definitions for emprise in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Emprise \Em*prise"\, v. t. To undertake. [Obs.] --Sackville.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "chivalrous endeavor," from Old French emprise (12c.) "enterprise, venture, adventure, undertaking," from Vulgar Latin *imprensa (source of Provençal empreza , Spanish empresa , Italian impresa ), from *imprendere "to undertake," from in- (see in- ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure. 2 (context archaic English) The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess. vb. (context obsolete English) To undertake. ...
Usage examples of emprise.
Goblinland, it was agreed between those three, Juss, Brandoch Daha, and Gaslark, that Gaslark should have command of this emprise.
Everything was lost now, utterly and irretrievably - lost as a dozen other fine emprises had been by his sudden and ungoverned frenzy.