impense

Latin

Etymology

From impendō (“I spend, expend; devote”).

Adverb

impēnsē (comparative impēnsius, superlative impēnsissimē)

1. eagerly, persistently

   Synonym: ācriter

   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:

     Impense id iam commendarat suis ad vos litteris felicis recordationis praedecessor noster Pius VIII;

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   • 1861, Pius IX, Iamdudum cernimus:

     Atque ab Ipso impensissime exposcimus, ut […] inter densas tenebras, quibus universa terra fuit obducta, inimicorum suorum mentes illustravit.

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Participle

impēnse

1. 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.