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imperative: see mood mood or mode, in verb inflection , the forms of a verb that indicate its manner of doing or being. In English the forms are called indicative (for direct statement or question or to express an uncertain condition, e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. .
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It became imperative to lance the flying whale, or be content to lose him. Her eyes flashed as on the day before, and he saw again the imperative expression on her face. And so, when Mister Haggin, or God, or call it what one will with the limitations of language, picked Jerry up with imperative abruptness, tucked him under his arm, and stepped into the whaleboat, whose black crew immediately bent to the oars, Jerry was instantly and nervously aware that the unusual had begun to happen. |
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