▪ I. aprise
earlier f. apprise n. Obs., learning.
▪ II. † aˈprise Obs.
[a. OF. aprise for anprise = en-, em-prise, from emprendre to take in hand, undertake: see emprise, the ordinary form.]
Emprise; enterprise, undertaking, achievement.
| c 1320 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1941 Ac ȝif thou leuest hire lesing, Than the falle a werse aprise. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xxx. 520 For ȝif thou do, thou lesist thin aprise. Ibid. lii. 558 Sche merveilled he spak of so gret aprys. |