Im*prep`a*ra"tion (?), n. Want of preparation. [Obs.] Hooker.
||Im*pre"sa (m*pr"s), 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.
||Im`pre*sa"ri*o (?), n.; pl. Impresarios (#). [It., from impresa
||enterprise.] The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or
||concert company.
||
Im`pre*scrip`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. imprescriptibilité.] The
quality of being imprescriptible.
Im`pre*scrip"ti*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + prescriptible: cf. F.
imprescriptible.] 1. Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect,
by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription.
The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised
on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are
imprescriptible.