Impresa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Impresa is a noun meaning (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
Meaning
(heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
Example Sentences
[…] or to describe Races and Games, Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields, Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;
1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter.
Word Forms
- impresas
- imprese
- impress
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include undertaking, print, printed, hard, company, enterprise.
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