imperate

adjective /ˈɪm.pə.ɹɪt/

1. Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.

   rare

   imperate acts; imperate actions

2. Imperated.

   obsolete, rare

   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.

   Than Venus said in mind half stomachat,

Where it 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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry imperate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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