2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
IMPERATIVE
Im*per"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
Defn: The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
IMPERATIVELY
Im*per"a*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an imperative manner.
IMPERATOR
Im`pe*ra"tor, n. Etym: [L. See Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A commander; a leader; an emperor; — originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.
IMPERATORIAL
Im*per`a*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. imperatorius.]