Middle English Dictionary Entry
imperāte adj. & ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | imperāte adj. & ppl. |
| Etymology | L imperātus, p.ppl. of imperāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ruled, governed.
Associated quotations
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.101 : And when he dyed, reigned had and imperate, In Brytain, Roome, and also at Constantyne, By thirty and foure yere ende.