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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.]