impense
Latin
Etymology
From impendō (“I spend, expend; devote”).
Adverb
impēnsē (comparative impēnsius, superlative impēnsissimē)
- eagerly, persistently
Quotations
| 1832 1861 | |||||||
| ME « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos
- Impense id iam commendarat suis ad vos litteris felicis recordationis praedecessor noster Pius VIII;
- 1861, Pius IX, Iamdudum cernimus
- Atque ab Ipso impensissime exposcimus, ut […] inter densas tenebras, quibus universa terra fuit obducta, inimicorum suorum mentes illustravit.
Participle
impēnse
- vocative masculine singular of impēnsus
References
- impense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impense in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette