enterprisingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɛntəprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪzɪŋ/

Forms: see enterprise v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s entirprisinge.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: enterprise v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < enterprise v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier enterprise n.

Now rare.

The action of enterprise v.; the action of undertaking or attempting something; engagement in an enterprise. Also: an instance of this; an attempt, an undertaking, an endeavour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun]

enterprising1553

undertaking1583

undergoing1608

susception1610

underhanding1639

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > action of attempting

minting?a1513

enterprising1553

attempting1558

essaying1861

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 78^v To encourage his souldiers to the enterprising of other thynges.

1572 H. Middlemore in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 5 In the entirprisinge of which matter I doe wishe, [etc.].

1616 G. Hakewill Answere Treat. D. Carier 152 The enterprising of damnable and desperate attempts.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 24 As to the enterprizing, or atchieving of naturall, politicall, and religious actions, [etc.].

1675 A. Marvell Let. 24 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 150 His late enterprising to subvert in all manners the Libertyes of the City, [etc.].

1722 A. A. Sykes Consequences Conspiracy to Church & State 5 We must ever expect from Them the daring Enterprizings of an open Enemy.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 213 Our high hopes and enterprizings had failed us.

1841 J. G. Lorimer Eldership Church Scotl. iv. 82 The present day, which teems with enterprisings of Christian benevolence.

2001 South Atlantic Rev. 66 51 Defoe ultimately re-capitulates patriarchal hierarchies and the myth of heroic self-mastery underlying the enterprisings of empire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

enterprisingadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈɛntəprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪzɪŋ/

Forms: see enterprise v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: enterprise v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < enterprise v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier entreprenant adj.

A. adj.

†a. Quick or ready to take on a (difficult, important, or dangerous) task; bold, daring; (also more negatively) reckless, foolhardy. Obsolete except as implied in sense A. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective]

adventurousc1330

undertaking?a1400

entreprenantc1475

enterprising1601

attemptive1603

venturing1616

emprising1829

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising

adventurousc1330

emprising1584

enterprising1601

spirited1601

yanking1823

go-ahead1829

go-aheadative1836

go-aheadish1851

fore-reaching1864

get-up-and-get1874

rustling1877

outpushing1884

thrustful1909

go-getting1912

push-and-go1916

can-do1926

go-go-go1954

1601 F. Bacon Declar. Pract. & Treasons Earl of Essex sig. C4^v Blunt, a man so enterprizing and prodigal of his owne life.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fol An enterprizing foole needs little wit.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 139 Mr. Bayes is so interprising you know.

1720 Dr. Wilcocks in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) IV. 321 The King of Prussia..has a brisk enterprising look.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 605 The sagacious Caermarthen and the enterprising Monmouth agreed in blaming these cautious tactics.

b. Characterized by the possession of initiative or resourcefulness, esp. in a commercial context; dynamic; entrepreneurial.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > involving speculation > speculating

enterprising1728

speculative1763

speculating1787

1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce i. iv. 139 In the same enterprising Times, was the Trade to the Gold Coast of Africa begun.

1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 23 Some few, indeed, have been rather more enterprising, and have endeavoured to improve their estates by raising indigo, and other schemes.

1809 A. Grant Hist. Brazil xi. 261 Some of the Bahian merchants, more than usually enterprising, have lately begun to send out vessels.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. i. 36 Marco Polo..was one of a company of enterprising Venetian merchants.

1929 Telegr. & Telephone Jrnl. 16 49/1 An enterprising firm in New York recently sent out 300 telephotograms of the latest feminine fashions.

1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day ii. 251 All the young women were vivacious, enterprising, and above all independent.

2014 New Yorker 8 Sept. 67/3 TYSA's enterprising director..brought together many groups and agencies to look for solutions.

†2. Ambitious, scheming. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination

politic1543

practical1563

fetching1570

driftyc1571

Machiavellian1572

stratagematical1583

stratagemical1585

stratagematic1589

drifting1596

enterprising1602

Machiavelline1602

practitional1602

engineering1631

polititious1638

Machiavellic1645

designing1661

intriguing1790

manoeuvring1801

systematizing1827

scheming1838

1602 J. Colleton Iust Def. Slandered Priestes ii. 52 Bow downe our neckes to what yoake soeuer their enterprising natures thought meet to lay vpon vs.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 364 Diocletian..justly dreaded the enterprising spirit of Carausius.

1807 I. B. Davis Anc. & Mod. Hist. Nice xx. 240 The days of its decline were the signal to ambitious and enterprising barbarity to destroy or subdue it.

B. n.²

With the and plural agreement. Enterprising people as a class; those with initiative or resourcefulness, esp. in a commercial context.

ΚΠ

1775 T. Jefferson Composition Draft Declar. of Causes & Necessity for Taking up Arms 6 July in Papers (1950) I. 193 It's various soils & climates open[ed] certain resource to the unfortunate & to the enterprising of every country.

1810 T. Coke Hist. W. Indies II. xviii. 121 Those resources of nature..which are still waiting to conduct the enterprizing to wealth.

1889 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 11 A future playground for the enterprising of the 20th century.

1908 Statist 25 Jan. 156/1 The mere shrinkage of trade..will..make bankers more ready to give accommodation to the enterprising.

2001 G. Brown in Local Govt. Chron. (Nexis) 18 June I want the enterprising to go as far as their talents and potential can take them.

Derivatives

ˈenterprisingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adverb]

enterprisingly1747

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in an enterprising manner

enterprisingly1747

1747 W. Foot Ess. Educ. 3 Shew the Superiority of his Parts, only in being more ingeniously or enterprizingly vicious.

1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 298 The claims which he had so enterprisingly advanced.

1887 Times 19 Oct. 7/4 Some couple of thousand of the roughest enterprisingly made their way to Trafalgar-square yesterday.

1943 R. Ottley New World A-Coming vii. 90 Bus companies enterprisingly began regular dollar-and-a-half round-trip excursions.

1989 A. N. Wilson Eminent Victorians 72 The love-misery came to her in Belgium where, very enterprisingly, she had gone with Emily.

2017 Surrey Mirror (Nexis) 1 June 21 Enterprisingly, she went to her car and produced a rug to lie on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	enterprising
释义	enterprisingn.¹ Brit. /ˈɛntəprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪzɪŋ/ Forms: see enterprise v. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s entirprisinge. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: enterprise v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < enterprise v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier enterprise n. Now rare. The action of enterprise v.; the action of undertaking or attempting something; engagement in an enterprise. Also: an instance of this; an attempt, an undertaking, an endeavour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] enterprising1553 undertaking1583 undergoing1608 susception1610 underhanding1639 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > action of attempting minting?a1513 enterprising1553 attempting1558 essaying1861 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 78^v To encourage his souldiers to the enterprising of other thynges. 1572 H. Middlemore in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 5 In the entirprisinge of which matter I doe wishe, [etc.]. 1616 G. Hakewill Answere Treat. D. Carier 152 The enterprising of damnable and desperate attempts. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 24 As to the enterprizing, or atchieving of naturall, politicall, and religious actions, [etc.]. 1675 A. Marvell Let. 24 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 150 His late enterprising to subvert in all manners the Libertyes of the City, [etc.]. 1722 A. A. Sykes Consequences Conspiracy to Church & State 5 We must ever expect from Them the daring Enterprizings of an open Enemy. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 213 Our high hopes and enterprizings had failed us. 1841 J. G. Lorimer Eldership Church Scotl. iv. 82 The present day, which teems with enterprisings of Christian benevolence. 2001 South Atlantic Rev. 66 51 Defoe ultimately re-capitulates patriarchal hierarchies and the myth of heroic self-mastery underlying the enterprisings of empire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). enterprisingadj.n.² Brit. /ˈɛntəprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪzɪŋ/ Forms: see enterprise v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: enterprise v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < enterprise v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier entreprenant adj. A. adj. 1. †a. Quick or ready to take on a (difficult, important, or dangerous) task; bold, daring; (also more negatively) reckless, foolhardy. Obsolete except as implied in sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective] adventurousc1330 undertaking?a1400 entreprenantc1475 enterprising1601 attemptive1603 venturing1616 emprising1829 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising adventurousc1330 emprising1584 enterprising1601 spirited1601 yanking1823 go-ahead1829 go-aheadative1836 go-aheadish1851 fore-reaching1864 get-up-and-get1874 rustling1877 outpushing1884 thrustful1909 go-getting1912 push-and-go1916 can-do1926 go-go-go1954 1601 F. Bacon Declar. Pract. & Treasons Earl of Essex sig. C4^v Blunt, a man so enterprizing and prodigal of his owne life. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fol An enterprizing foole needs little wit. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 139 Mr. Bayes is so interprising you know. 1720 Dr. Wilcocks in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) IV. 321 The King of Prussia..has a brisk enterprising look. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 605 The sagacious Caermarthen and the enterprising Monmouth agreed in blaming these cautious tactics. b. Characterized by the possession of initiative or resourcefulness, esp. in a commercial context; dynamic; entrepreneurial. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > involving speculation > speculating enterprising1728 speculative1763 speculating1787 1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce i. iv. 139 In the same enterprising Times, was the Trade to the Gold Coast of Africa begun. 1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 23 Some few, indeed, have been rather more enterprising, and have endeavoured to improve their estates by raising indigo, and other schemes. 1809 A. Grant Hist. Brazil xi. 261 Some of the Bahian merchants, more than usually enterprising, have lately begun to send out vessels. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. i. 36 Marco Polo..was one of a company of enterprising Venetian merchants. 1929 Telegr. & Telephone Jrnl. 16 49/1 An enterprising firm in New York recently sent out 300 telephotograms of the latest feminine fashions. 1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day ii. 251 All the young women were vivacious, enterprising, and above all independent. 2014 New Yorker 8 Sept. 67/3 TYSA's enterprising director..brought together many groups and agencies to look for solutions. †2. Ambitious, scheming. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination politic1543 practical1563 fetching1570 driftyc1571 Machiavellian1572 stratagematical1583 stratagemical1585 stratagematic1589 drifting1596 enterprising1602 Machiavelline1602 practitional1602 engineering1631 polititious1638 Machiavellic1645 designing1661 intriguing1790 manoeuvring1801 systematizing1827 scheming1838 1602 J. Colleton Iust Def. Slandered Priestes ii. 52 Bow downe our neckes to what yoake soeuer their enterprising natures thought meet to lay vpon vs. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 364 Diocletian..justly dreaded the enterprising spirit of Carausius. 1807 I. B. Davis Anc. & Mod. Hist. Nice xx. 240 The days of its decline were the signal to ambitious and enterprising barbarity to destroy or subdue it. B. n.² With the and plural agreement. Enterprising people as a class; those with initiative or resourcefulness, esp. in a commercial context. ΚΠ 1775 T. Jefferson Composition Draft Declar. of Causes & Necessity for Taking up Arms 6 July in Papers (1950) I. 193 It's various soils & climates open[ed] certain resource to the unfortunate & to the enterprising of every country. 1810 T. Coke Hist. W. Indies II. xviii. 121 Those resources of nature..which are still waiting to conduct the enterprizing to wealth. 1889 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 11 A future playground for the enterprising of the 20th century. 1908 Statist 25 Jan. 156/1 The mere shrinkage of trade..will..make bankers more ready to give accommodation to the enterprising. 2001 G. Brown in Local Govt. Chron. (Nexis) 18 June I want the enterprising to go as far as their talents and potential can take them. Derivatives ˈenterprisingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adverb] enterprisingly1747 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in an enterprising manner enterprisingly1747 1747 W. Foot Ess. Educ. 3 Shew the Superiority of his Parts, only in being more ingeniously or enterprizingly vicious. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 298 The claims which he had so enterprisingly advanced. 1887 Times 19 Oct. 7/4 Some couple of thousand of the roughest enterprisingly made their way to Trafalgar-square yesterday. 1943 R. Ottley New World A-Coming vii. 90 Bus companies enterprisingly began regular dollar-and-a-half round-trip excursions. 1989 A. N. Wilson Eminent Victorians 72 The love-misery came to her in Belgium where, very enterprisingly, she had gone with Emily. 2017 Surrey Mirror (Nexis) 1 June 21 Enterprisingly, she went to her car and produced a rug to lie on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1553adj.n.²1601
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Derivatives

enterprisingn.¹

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