Definition of "imprese" [im•prese]

• A heraldic device; an impresa. (noun)

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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_."
• "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."
• "Castiglione recounts: "Often 'devices' (imprese), as we now call them, were displayed; in discussing which there was wonderful diversion" (Book of the Courtier, 12)."