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

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

Fattolo perciò venire, gli espose con accomodate parole il suo pensiero, e gli significò aver disegnato, che egli fosse quello, che eseguisse l' impresa, nella quale consisteva tutta la sua salute.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Trovó in Spagna," he says of the cardinal, "tutta quella scelta copia di grandi uomini, quali richiedeva la grande impresa," etc.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

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