▪ I. † imˈpressa1
Erroneous form of impresa (cf. impress n.3).
| a 1586 Sidney Arcadia (1622) 57 The Impressa in the shield, was a heauen full of starres, with a speech. 1656 Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 410 The Impressa which he bore in his chief Standard, which was a writing Pen. |
▪ II. † imˈpressa2
Erroneous f. impress n.1 (2 a).
| 1628 Feltham Resolves ii. xix. 60 Surely, the Soule hath the reliqu'd Impressa's of diuine Vertue still..left within her. 1647 Case Kingd. 6, I observe now an Impressa of divine glory and excellency in many of their Practises. |