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1. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding;
authoritative; as, imperative orders.

2. The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.




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absolute convention general principle mission puissant
absolutist corrosive golden rule mitzvah punchy
absolutistic critical governing mode ranking
acid crucial great momentous regulation
acute crying grinding monocratic repressive
allegiance cutting guideline mood required
arbitrary de rigueur guiding principle moral requisite
aristocratic decisive gutsy mordant respect
arrogant decretal hard-and-fast must restraining
ascendant decretive harsh necessary rubric
assigned task decretory hegemonic necessitous rule
authoritarian dedication hegemonistic nervous ruling
authoritative deference hest norm say-so
authorized demanded high-handed obligating self-imposed duty
autocratic despotic high-pressure obligation senior
basic devoir high-priority obligative sensational
behest devotion homage obligatory settled principle
bidding dictate immediacy official severe
binding dictated imperativeness onus sinewed
biting dictating imperial oppressive sinewy
bossy dictation imperious optative slashing
bounden duty dictatorial important order special order
burden dictum importunate ordering standard
burning dire necessity imposed ordinance stern
business direct order impressive ought strict
call of duty directive incisive overbearing striking
canon dogmatic indicative overruling strong
case of need dominant indispensable penetrating subjunctive
charge domineering inevitable peremptory substantial
choiceless driving influential permissive superior
claimed duly constituted insistent piercing suppressive
clamant duties and responsibilities instant pivotal supreme
clamorous duty instructive place telling
clothed with authority effective involuntary pleasure tenet
coactive eminent irresistible poignant totalitarian
code empowered irrevocable potent trenchant
command entailed jussive potential tyrannical
commanding essential law powerful tyrannous
commandment ethics leading preceptive ultimate
commitment ex officio line of duty predicament urgency
compelling exigence lordly preeminent urgent
competent exigency loyalty prerequisite urgent need
compulsatory exigent magisterial prescript vigorous
compulsive fealty magistral prescriptive vital
compulsory feudal mandated pressing weighty
conclusive final mandating pressingness will
conditional forceful mandatory pressure without appeal
consequential forcible masterful prestigious without choice
considerable form matter of necessity principium word
constraining formula maxim principle word of command
controlling fundamental mighty prominent working principle