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| 1. | of, like, or pertaining to an empire. |
| 2. | of, like, or pertaining to an emperor or empress. |
| 3. | characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies. |
| 4. | of the nature or rank of an emperor or supreme ruler. |
| 5. | of a commanding quality, manner, aspect, etc. |
| 6. | domineering; imperious. |
| 7. | befitting an emperor or empress; regal; majestic; very fine or grand; magnificent. |
| 8. | of special or superior size or quality, as various products and commodities. |
| 9. | (of weights and measures) conforming to the standards legally established in Great Britain. |
| 10. | a size of printing or drawing paper, 22 × 30 in. (56 × 76 cm) in England, 23 × 33 in. (58 × 84 cm) in America. |
| 11. | imperial octavo, a size of book, about 8 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (21 × 29 cm), untrimmed, in America, and 7 1/2 × 11 in. (19 × 28 cm), untrimmed, in England. Abbreviation: imperial 8vo |
| 12. | imperial quarto, Chiefly British. a size of book, about 11 × 15 in. (28 × 38 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: imperial 4to |
| 13. | the top of a carriage, esp. of a diligence. |
| 14. | a case for luggage carried there. |
| 15. | a member of an imperial party or of imperial troops. |
| 16. | an emperor or empress. |
| 17. | any of various articles of special size or quality. |
| 18. | an oversized bottle used esp. for storing Bordeaux wine, equivalent to 8 regular bottles or 6 l (6.6 qt.). |
[im-peer-ee-uhl] | a small, pointed beard beneath the lower lip. |
[im-peer-ee-uhl] | a Russian gold coin originally worth 10 rubles and from 1897 to 1917 worth 15 rubles. |
| im·pe·ri·al (ĭm-pîr'ē-əl) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imperiālis, from imperium, command; see empire. N., sense 5, after the beard of Napoleon III.] im·pe'ri·al·ly adv. |
