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                        assertive
                    
                    
                    
                        must
                    
                    
                    
                        imperatively
                    
                    
                    
                        three line whip
                    
                    
                    
                        virtuecrat
                    
                    
                    
                        at all costs
                    
                    
                    
                        anankastic
                    
                    
                    
                        hortative
                    
                    
                    
                        emotivism
                    
                    
                    
                        grammatical mood
                    
                    
                    
                        nonimperative
                    
                    
                    
                        prohibitive
                    
                    
                    
                        semantics
                    
                    
                    
                        imperatory
                    
                    
                    
                        read someone's lips
                    
                    
                    
                        jussive
                    
                    
                    
                        scat
                    
                    
                    
                        crucial
                    
                    
                    
                        imperativeness
                    
                    
                    
                        imperative mood
                    
                    
                    
                        essential
                    
                    
                    
                        verb
                    
                    
                    
                        watch it
                    
                    
                    
                        command
                    
                    
                    
                        first imperative
                    
                    
                    
                        important
                    
                    
                    
                        scram
                    
                    
                    
                        ten commandments
                    
                    
                    
                        bear hand
                    
                    
                    
                        directive
                    
                    
                    
                        hark
                    
                    
                    
                        mutable
                    
                    
                    
                        forth
                    
                    
                    
                        imperatival
                    
                    
                    
                        imperatives
                    
                    
                    
                        take it away
                    
                    
                    
                        second imperative
                    
                    
                    
                        whimperative
                    
                    
                    
                        irrealis mood
                    
                    
                    
                        enter
                    
                    
                    
                        fix
                    
                                        
                
                                    
                                                
            Definitions:
Noun
                                                
                        
                            imperative mood
                        
                                                
                        
                            imperative
                        
                                                
                        
                            jussive mood
                        
                                                
                        
                            imperative form
                        
                                                
                    
                    Definition: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
                                                
                        
                            imperative
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: some duty that is essential and urgent
Definition: The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
Adjective
                        
                        
                            imperative
                        
                        
                        
                    
                    Definition: requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
                        
                        
                            imperative
                        
                        
                        
                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: relating to verbs in the imperative mood
Definition: Essential; crucial; extremely important.