imperativaladj.
/ɪmˌpɛrəˈtʌɪvl/, U.S. /ɪmˈpɛrəˌtaɪvəl/ Grammar.
Of or relating to the imperative mood; that is in the imperative.
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imperativec1450
commanding1565
mandativea1631
imperatival1849
1849 T. Brotherton et al. in tr. Pavananti Grammatica Tamuliensis III. i. 24 It is true that similar roots to these symbols do, in several instances, pass for imperatives..but in all similar cases the imperatival termination..is suppressed.
1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians & Philemon 290/2 It is not..that the participle itself has any imperatival force.
1957 Philosophy 32 330 It is important to note that this use of ‘ought’ is logically independent of the imperatival use.
1994 Trans. Philol. Soc. 92 164 The pronoun is hosted not by ut, but by an (indirect) imperatival verb (in indirect command).
2011 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 131 33 Originally the form in -hi was a 2nd singular with an illocutionary imperatival function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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