imperate

English

Etymology

Latin imperatus, past participle of imperare (“to command”).

Adjective

imperate (comparative more imperate, superlative most imperate)

  1. (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
    • Sir M. Hale
      Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      Why give you peace to this imperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for imperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

imperate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of imperare
  2. second-person plural imperative of imperare
  3. feminine plural of imperato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

imperāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of imperō
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