[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"imperative"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/beseeching"]beseeching[/URL]] [*]relating to verbs in the imperative mood [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/imperative mood"]imperative mood[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/jussive mood"]jussive mood[/URL]] [*]some duty that is essential and urgent [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/imperative"]http://www.word.sc/imperative[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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