Imperate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To command. rare
"There be duties […] imperated or governed by religion."
- 2 To rule, govern. rare
"A Law differs from Counsel, as my Understanding differs from my Will: my Will is that which imperates all my actions my Understanding informs my Will, whether the doing or not not doing such an act be good or bad, just or unjust, reasonable or unreasonable."
- 3 To direct, motivate. rare
"The act of the will that precedes and imperates faith is not yet the love of charity but rather an intention or desire to love."
- 1 Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded. not-comparable, rare
"imperate acts; imperate actions"
- 2 Imperated. not-comparable, obsolete, rare
"Than Venus said in mind half stomachat, Of the assyis nane salbe alterat. As for the Roll, gif thay pleis, reid agane. Than said Vesta to Venus, weill I wait Ȝe aucht not be baith Iudge and Aduocat. For and sa be, it is wrang ȝe do plane, Than said Venus with mind almaist Insane. It salbe sa as I haif Imperat. Than said Vesta, Iustice can not remane."
Example
More examples"There be duties […] imperated or governed by religion."
Etymology
First attested in 1543, as an adjective, as a verb in 1598; borrowed from Latin imperātus, perfect passive participle of imperō (“to command”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of mpret.
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