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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..

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

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

Gee :: Gee (v. i.) To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi..

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

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..

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

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..

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: /..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

Interpellate :: Interpellate (v. t.) To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body..

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