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▪ I. † ˈimperate, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. imperāt-us, pa. pple. of imperā-re to command, rule.] A. as pa. pple. Commanded, ruled.
c1470Harding Chron. lxiii. vii, [He] reigned had and imperate In Brytain. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 260 It salbe sa, as I haif Imperat. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 30 They are not acts that are imperate by the Will. B. as adj. ‘Commanded’ sc. by the will; opp. to elicit a., q.v.
1624F. White Repl. Fisher 544 All the actions elicite or imperate, which a sinner must performe..that God may be pacified. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. iv. ix. (1821) 124 All the imperate motions of our wills. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 29 The Spirits shot through the Nerves are the first and immediate Instruments of the Soul in its imperate acts. 1710Norris Chr. Prud. iii. 135 By the Will those Motions or Operations (Imperate Acts as they are call'd) which are performed by the mediation of the Body. ▪ II. † ˈimperate, v. Obs. [f. L. imperāt-, ppl. stem of imperā-re (see prec.).] trans. To command, rule, govern.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 109/2 He hath ordaynede for the Patiente this pectoralle Conserve..and imperated him without cessatione to vse the same both day and night. 1633Ames Agst. Cerem. i. 54 There be duties..imperated or governed by religion. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 13 My will is that which imperates all my actions. |