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imperate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪm.pə.ɹət/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪm.pə.ɹɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈɪm.pɚ.ɪt/ (US)
• /ˈɪm.pɚ.ət/ (US)

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.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:obsolete outside of religion, rare) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
   • imperate acts; imperate actions
   • And because I find that the remoteſt Muſcle in my Body moves at the command of my Will, and ſince I ſee the energy of my Soul in every particle of my Body, though not uſing intellectual actions in every part, yet uſing ſome that are imperate, as Local Motion; […] a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, “De Homine; The Introduction, declaring the reaſon of the choice of this Subject, and the Method of the intended Diſcourſe”, in The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC, section I, page 22:
   • The will by an imperate act commands the assent of the intellect to the truth revealed by God. 1880, The Catholic World, number 442/1:
2. (as a participle, not-comparable, obsolete, rare) Imperated.
   • 3. Again, there be very many Operations, that although they flow from this active Principle, yet they are not acts that are imperate by the Will, but they are in a manner natural and unvoluntary; and therefore I call them ſometimes Involuntary, ſometimes Natural, and they are very many and various; ſuch are many of the acts of Senſe, eſspecially the external. a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, “De Homine; The Introduction, declaring the reaſon of the choice of this Subject, and the Method of the intended Diſcourſe”, in The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC, section I, page 30:
   • 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. c. 1550, Iohne Rolland, “The Thrid Buik”, in Walter Gregor, editor, Ane Treatise Callit The Court of Venus: Deuidit Into Four Buikis, Edinburgh; London: […] for the [Scottish Text] Society by William Blackwood and Sons, published 1884, page 89, lines 253–261:

Relateds

imperator · empire · imperation · imperative · empress · imperial · emperor · imperialism

imperate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪm.pə.ɹeɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈɪm.pɚ.eɪt/ (US)

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.

Meanings

1. (rare) To command.
   • There be duties […] imperated or governed by religion. 1633, William Ames, “I. 54”, in Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies:
2. (rare) To rule, govern.
   • 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. 1660, Roger Coke, “Elements Power & Subjection, II. Of Laws”, in Justice Vindicated:
3. (rare) To direct, motivate.
   • 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. 2002, Brian Shanley, “II. 33”, in The Thomist Tradition:

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