imper.

abbreviation

1. imperative.

Example Sentences

I'm just very curious to see what happens next: Shelby and Ellen May got their reunion, however imper VanDerWerff:  I'm not particularly concerned about Boyd.

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They saw stalemate as a good-enough outcome in an imper­fect war: a small unit of Marines had tied down hundreds of insurgents who couldn’t launch attacks elsewhere.

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Vide, vī′dē, see, imper. of L. vidēre, to see.—Vide antea=see before; Vide infra=see below; Vide post=see after; Vide supra=see above; Quod vide, or q.v.=which see.

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Imper′sonāte, to invest with personality or the bodily substance of a person: to ascribe the qualities of a person to: to personify: to assume the person or character of, esp. on the stage.—adj. personified.—ns.

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Imper′meātor, a device in a steam-engine for forcing lubricating oil uniformly into the cylinder.

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