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In an imperative manner.

n 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 assu…

Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

Imperial. [R.] Gauden.

Imperative. [R.]

Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.

Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

The quality or state of being imponderable.

The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. [Obs.] Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne

Not having arrived at puberty; immature. In impuberal animals the cerebellum is, in proportion to the brain proper, greatly less than in adults. Sir W. Hamilton.

The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable; permanence.

Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable. -- In*al"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*al"ter*a*bly, adv.

Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.

The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.

To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill.

One who incarcerates.

The act of smearing or covering with wax. B. Jonson.

Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave.