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imperated

imperated is the alternative form of imperate.

Meaning of imperate

Adjective

imperate (not comparable)

  1. (rare, obsolete outside of religion) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
    • imperate acts; imperate actions
  2. (obsolete, rare) Imperated.
    • 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...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...

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Questions about imperated

What is imperated the alternative form of?
Imperated is the alternative form of imperate.

Words near imperated in the dictionary

  1. imper.
  2. imperance
  3. imperances
  4. imperant
  5. imperate
  6. imperated
  7. imperation
  8. imperations
  9. imperatival
  10. imperative
  11. imperative language

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