impresa

American  

[im-prey-zuh] / ɪmˈpreɪ zə /

Also imprese

noun

Obsolete.

plural

impresas, imprese

1. a device or emblem.

2. a motto.

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impresa British  

/ ɪmˈpriːz, ɪmˈpreɪzə /

noun

1. an emblem or device, usually a motto, as on a coat of arms

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Etymology

Origin of impresa

1580–90; < Italian: literally, undertaking, noun use of feminine of impreso, past participle of imprendere to undertake; see emprise

Example Sentences

Este artículo fue publicado en inglés, en la edición impresa del 23 de Septiembre del 2019, con el título “So Goes the Nation”.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2019

All the well-known pieces bearing the impresa of the Duke, a flame of fire and the motto “ARDET ETERNUM,” were produced at this fabrique, about 1579.

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by Chaffers, William

If you mind them, Their new loves stand before, old loves behind them: And from that prospect this impresa read, Rich pearls show best when they are set in lead.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

In France you have a taste of them in the device or impresa of my Lord Admiral, which was carried before that time by Octavian Augustus.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Ma, percioche Dio Phaueua per Cas. tiglia serbata, gia l'Ammiraglio in quel tempo era andato, e tornato con la vittoria della sua impresa, secondo che per ordine si racconterà.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard