Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
Qualifier: obsolete outside of religion
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences, theology
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Imperated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To command.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To rule, govern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To direct, motivate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
