The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her
imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper,
iron, silver and gold.
W. Tooke.
Im*pe"ri*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperialized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Imperializing (?).] To invest with imperial authority, character, or
style; to bring to the form of an empire. Fuller.
Im*pe"ri*al*ly, adv. In an imperial manner.
Im*pe"ri*al*ly (?), n. Imperial power. [R.] Sheldon.
Im*per"il (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imperiled (?) or Imperilled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Imperiling or Imperilling.] To bring into peril; to endanger.
Im*per"il*ment (?), n. The act of imperiling, or the state of being
imperiled.
Im*pe"ri*ous (?), a. [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.