impresan.

Forms: 1500s–1600s impresa, impreso, 1600s impreza, imprezza.

Etymology: < Italian impresa /imˈpreza/, undertaking, attempt, device, etc. < late Latin *imprensa : see emprise n., and compare imprese n., impress n.³, impressa n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: imˈpresa.

1. An emblem or device, usually accompanied by an appropriate motto (cf. quot. a1649).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > emblem or device

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvi. sig. K4^v The Impresa in the shield; was a heauen full of starres, with a speech.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E2 There was banding of such lookes, as euerie one imported as much as an impreso.

1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 392 Making verses, impresas, and Anagrammes of her loue and name.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H2 I did send for you to drawe me a deuise, an Imprezza, by Sinecdoche a Mott.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. xliii. 136 Emblems, Empresas, Hiroglifiques.

1637 T. Heywood Londini Speculum sig. C3^v Every one of them expressing their natures and conditons in the impresaes of their shields.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 228 Though Emblems and Impresa's sometimes seem like other:..The Words of the Emblem are only placed to declare the Figures of the Emblem; whereas, in an Impresa, the Figures express and illustrate the one part of the Author's Intention, and the Word the other.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ix. 46 The device or impresa of my Lord Admiral.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace 435 Then follow three pages in terzette, and p. 3. dorso, the impresa of the printer, a lion rampant, holding a sword in his fore paws.

1971 Eng. Stud. 52 122 The last impresa in the supplementary chapter is almost certainly a personal device of Daniel's dedicatee, Sir Edward Dymoke.

†2. The sentence accompanying an emblem; hence, a motto, maxim, proverb. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun]

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1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 230 The Impresa, Sceptra fouent Artes, may better be attributed to common~weales or popular gouernments, than vnto Monarchies or Kingdomes.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 139 That Comicke impreza: If wise, seeme not to know that which thou knowest.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. iii. 5 For a Motto, and impreso, the Poets words,—Et quæ non fecimus ipsi [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	impresa
释义	impresan. Forms: 1500s–1600s impresa, impreso, 1600s impreza, imprezza. Etymology: < Italian impresa /imˈpreza/, undertaking, attempt, device, etc. < late Latin imprensa : see emprise n., and compare imprese n., impress n.³, impressa n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: imˈpresa. 1. An emblem or device, usually accompanied by an appropriate motto (cf. quot. a1649). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > emblem or device signc1300 devicea1375 remembrancea1470 posya1565 ensign1579 impresaa1586 imprese1588 brief1594 impressa1616 emblem1616 impressa1628 notado1647 impressa1656 blazoning1828 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia* (1590) i. xvi. sig. K4^v The Impresa in the shield; was a heauen full of starres, with a speech. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E2 There was banding of such lookes, as euerie one imported as much as an impreso. 1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 392 Making verses, impresas, and Anagrammes of her loue and name. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H2 I did send for you to drawe me a deuise, an Imprezza, by Sinecdoche a Mott. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. xliii. 136 Emblems, Empresas, Hiroglifiques. 1637 T. Heywood Londini Speculum sig. C3^v Every one of them expressing their natures and conditons in the impresaes of their shields. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 228 Though Emblems and Impresa's sometimes seem like other:..The Words of the Emblem are only placed to declare the Figures of the Emblem; whereas, in an Impresa, the Figures express and illustrate the one part of the Author's Intention, and the Word the other. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ix. 46 The device or impresa of my Lord Admiral. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace 435 Then follow three pages in terzette, and p. 3. dorso, the impresa of the printer, a lion rampant, holding a sword in his fore paws. 1971 Eng. Stud. 52 122 The last impresa in the supplementary chapter is almost certainly a personal device of Daniel's dedicatee, Sir Edward Dymoke. †2. The sentence accompanying an emblem; hence, a motto, maxim, proverb. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] saw9.. quideOE yedOE wordOE wisdomc1175 bysawe?c1225 riotc1330 sentencec1380 textc1386 dict1432 diction1477 redec1480 say1486 adage1530 commonplace?1531 adagy1534 soothsay1549 maxima1564 apophthegm1570 speech1575 gnome1577 aphorisma1593 imprese1593 spoke1594 symbol1594 maxim1605 wording1606 impress1610 motto1615 dictum1616 impresa1622 dictate1625 effate1650 sentiment1780 great thought1821 brocarda1856 text-motto1880 sententia1917 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 230 The Impresa, Sceptra fouent Artes, may better be attributed to common~weales or popular gouernments, than vnto Monarchies or Kingdomes. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 139 That Comicke impreza: If wise, seeme not to know that which thou knowest. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. iii. 5 For a Motto, and impreso, the Poets words,—Et quæ non fecimus ipsi [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1586
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