Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impresa"
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.
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