Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A badge, cognizance, or device worn by a noble or his retainers; an impresa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A device. See
impresa .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
heraldic device ; animpresa .
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Examples
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Le cortesie, l'audaci imprese io canto "-- the northern Ariosto sang bravely the _arme_ and the _audaci imprese_; less confidently the _amori_ and the _cortesie_.
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886
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Yet, it is impossible to have a healthy macro economy without the micro economy powered by businesses ranging from large multinationals to the small enterprises of Germany's Mittelstand and Italy's piccole imprese.
CEOs' Message: Fix Europe, Or Else Francesco Guerrera 2012
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Leondard Opdycke notes, "These devices [imprese] so much in vogue during the 16th century in Italy, were the 'inventions' which Giovio (ca. 1480) says 'the great lords and noble cavaliers of our time like to wear on their armour, caparisons and banners, to signify a part of their generous thoughts.' [fig. 4.16] They consisted of a figure or picture, and a motto nearly always in Latin" (Book of the Courtier, 329n40).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The ceiling coffers of the Urbino studiolo contain Montefeltro imprese and emblems of Federico's personal achievements, while at Gubbio they bear rosettes.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Castiglione recounts: "Often 'devices' (imprese), as we now call them, were displayed; in discussing which there was wonderful diversion" (Book of the Courtier, 12).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Casalini, Il Passatore: Le imprese brigantesche di Stefano Pelloni nella Romagna ottocentesca, Cesena, 1998.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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Casalini, Il Passatore: Le imprese brigantesche di Stefano Pelloni nella Romagna ottocentesca, Cesena, 1998, p.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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Gli uomini biasimano le grandi imprese quando non si sentono capaci di grandi successi Vauvenargues
Archive 2006-05-01 Decio Biavati 2006
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Gli uomini biasimano le grandi imprese quando non si sentono capaci di grandi successi Vauvenargues
il blog: Gretchen's quotes collection Decio Biavati 2006
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And to call _Theseus_ backe from his begunne imprese and bold attempt, and to terrifie the Gyant _Typhon_, and to make the proudest and stoutest heart whatsoeuer to quaile and stoope.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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