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Definition
essential and urgent
or more rarely: (in grammar) a sentence that expresses a command or request
or more rarely: (in grammar) a sentence that expresses a command or request
- I tried to raise her up, and said, as gravely as I could, that I thanked her, but my duty was imperative, and that I must go.Chapter 1 (31% in)
- She said no more, even in answer to the Professor's imperative questioning.Chapter 26 (13% in)
There are no more uses of "imperative" in Dracula.
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