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imprese

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impresa  \Im*pre"sa\,  n.  [It.  See  {Emprise},  and  cf  {Impress}, 
  n.,  4.]  (Her.) 
  A  device  on  a  shield  or  seal,  or  used  as  a  bookplate  or  the 
  like  [Written  also  {imprese}  and  {impress}.] 
 
  My  impresa  to  your  lordship;  a  swain  Flying  to  a  laurel 
  for  shelter.  --J.  Webster. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imprese  \Im*prese"\,  n. 
  A  device.  See  {Impresa}. 
 
  An  imprese,  as  the  Italians  call  it  is  a  device  in 
  picture  with  his  motto  or  word  borne  by  noble  or 
  learned  personages.  --Camden.