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im·pre·sa    Audio Help   [im-prey-zuh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -sas, -se    Audio Help   [-zey] Pronunciation Key. Obsolete.
1.a device or emblem.
2.a motto.
Also, im·prese    Audio Help   [im-preez] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1580–90; < It: lit., undertaking, n. use of fem. of impreso, ptp. of imprendere to undertake; see emprise]
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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.

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