Defn: In an imperial manner.
IMPERIALLY
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, n.
Defn: Imperial power. [R.] Sheldon.
IMPERIL Im*per"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperiled or Imperilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Imperiling or Imperilling.]
Defn: To bring into peril; to endanger.
IMPERILMENT
Im*per"il*ment, n.
Defn: The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
IMPERIOUS
Im*pe"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. imperiosus: cf. F. impérieux. See
Imperial.]
1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] "A vast and imperious mind." Tilloison. Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. Shak.
2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. Macaulay.