imperate

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === verb (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pə.ɹeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɚ.eɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt adjective (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pə.ɹɪt/, /ˈɪm.pə.ɹət/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɚ.ɪt/, /ˈɪm.pɚ.ət/ Rhymes: -ɪt, -ət === Verb === imperate (third-person singular simple present imperates, present participle imperating, simple past and past participle imperated) (rare, now chiefly religion) To command. To rule, govern. To direct, motivate. === Adjective === imperate (not comparable) (philosophy or theology, rare, obsolete outside of religion) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded. (as a participle, obsolete) Imperated. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “imperate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === eta prime, etaprime, premiate == Ido == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /impeˈrate/ === Verb === imperate adverbial present passive participle of imperar == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== imperate inflection of imperare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== imperate f pl feminine plural of imperato === Anagrams === permeati, pietrame, premiate, temperai == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɛˈraː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.peˈraː.te] === Verb === imperāte second-person plural present active imperative of imperō == Spanish == === Verb === imperate second-person singular voseo imperative of imperar combined with te