impresa
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noun \im-ˈprā-zə, -sə\Definition of IMPRESA
: a device with a motto used in the 16th and 17th centuries; broadly : emblem
Examples of IMPRESA
- <the family's selection of the lily as its impresa dates from the 16th century>
Origin of IMPRESA
Italian, literally, undertaking
First Known Use: 1588
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