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

Volti :: Volti (imperative.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf..

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..

Imperatory :: Imperatory (a.) Imperative.

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

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

Imperatively :: Imperatively (adv.) In an imperative manner.

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

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..

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..

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

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering..

Requirement :: Requirement (n.) That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

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

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

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)..

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

Imperative :: Imperative (n.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood..

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

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

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