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Signature :: Signature (v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark)..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.

Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders..

Say :: Say (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles..

Vide :: Vide () imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above..

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

Quaere :: Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.

Imperatorial :: Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

Imperatival :: Imperatival (a.) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.

Dele :: Dele (imperative sing.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: /..

Port :: Port (v. t.) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm..

Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.

Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood..

Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate..

Hush :: Hush (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise..

Worth :: Worth (v. i.) To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases..

Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order..

Look :: Look (v. i.) In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.

Haw :: Haw (v. i.) To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee..

Away :: Away (adv.) By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away..

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