imperate.
To command.
Meaning & usage
To command.
To rule, govern.
To direct, motivate.
Where this word comes from
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.
Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
imperate acts; imperate actions
Imperated.
Where this word comes from
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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