Im*pen"i*tent*ly, adv. Without repentance.
Im*pen"nate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Characterized by short wings covered with
feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. -- n. One of the Impennes.
||Im*pen"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the
||wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
||
Im*pen"nous (?) a. [L. pref. im- not + penna wing.] (Zoöl.) Having no
wings, as some insects.
Im*peo"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeopled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Impeopling (?).] [See Empeople.] To people; to give a population to.
[Obs.]
Thou hast helped to impeople hell.
Beaumont.
Im"pe*rant (?), a. [L. imperans, p. pr. of imperare to command.]
Commanding. [R.] Baxter.
Im"pe*rate (?), a. [L. imperatus, p. p. of imperare to command.] Done
by express direction; not involuntary; communded. [Obs.]
Those imperate acts, wherein we see the empire of the soul.
Sir M. Hale.
Im*per`a*ti"val (?), a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the imperative
mood.
Im*per"a*tive (?), a. [L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref.
im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. impératif. See Perade,
and cf. Empire.] 1. Expressive of command; containing positive command;
authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as,
imperative orders.
The suit of kings are imperative.
Bp. Hall.
2. Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an
imperative duty or order.
3. (Gram.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as,
the imperative mood.
Im*per"a*tive, n. (Gram.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the
imperative mood.
Im*per"a*tive*ly, adv. In an imperative manner.
||Im`pe*ra"tor (?), n. [L. See Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
||
Im*per`a*to"ri*al (?), a. [L. imperatorius.] 1. Commanding; imperative;
authoritative.
2. Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator. "Imperatorial
laurels." C. Merivale.
Im*per`a*to"ri*an (?), a. Imperial. [R.] Gauden.