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Webster 1913 Edition

imperate

Im′pe-rate

(ĭm′pē̍-rā̍t)
,
Adj.
[L.
imperatus
, p. p. of
imperare
to command.]
Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
[Obs.]
Those
imperate
acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul.
Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1828 Edition

Imperate

IM'PERATE

,
Adj.
[L. imperatus, impero, to command.]
Done by impulse or direction of the mind. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

imperate

imperate

English

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?

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

Etymology

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

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