imperate
/ˈɪm.pɚ.eɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To command.
adj
Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
Example Sentences
- "There be duties […] imperated or governed by religion."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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; […]"
- "The will by an imperate act commands the assent of the intellect to the truth revealed by God."
Etymology
Origin
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪm.pɚ.eɪt/
- British English: /ˈɪm.pə.ɹeɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.
Inflected Forms
imperates (present, singular)
imperating (participle, present)
imperated (participle, past)
imperated (past)