Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In the first place.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the first place; first in order: a word introducing a series of specified particulars, as in the beginning of a will.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the first place; first in order.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In the first place (used to
introduce a list of items or considerations).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[1.11] "Imps." is the abbreviation for the Latin word "imprimis" which means "in the first place; first.
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"Sed propositum salutis et eos amplectitur, qui Creatorem agnoscunt, inter quos imprimis Musulmanos, qui fidem Abrahae se tenere profitentes, nobiscum Deum adorant unicum, misericordem, homines die novissimo iudicaturum." from Lumen Gentium §16.
CONFIRMED 2009
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Sed ab hoc incepto me non solum deterruerunt sordidi colores virides et violacei, qui ex mistionibus illis prodibant, sed et imprimis illud, quod, ob differentes pigmentorun grauitates specificas et inaequalem cum aqua cohaesionem, et ab artis perito magni errores facile committi poterant.
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Praeterea coeruleum montanum, licet ob hilaritatem, elegantiam et imprimis ob aptitudinem sui coloris, [98] quippe qui = b0 [i.e., b12], prae reliquis pigmentis coeruleis eligendum, non a quouis ita tractari potest, vt colore aequabili chartam inducat.
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Colluvies hominum mirabiles excocti solo, immundi vestes foedi visu, furti imprimis acres, &c.
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Utile imprimis noctu faciem illinire sanguine leporino, et mane aqua fragrorum vel aqua floribus verbasci cum succo limonum distillato abluere.
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Jam inde non belli gloria quam humanitatis cultu inter florentissimas orbis Christiani gentes imprimis floruit.
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Lucullum aestivo tempore convinessent, Pompeius inter coenam dum familiariter jocatus est, eam villam imprimis sibi sumptuosam, et elegantem videri, fenestris, porticibus, &c.
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Mulieribus omnibus hoc imprimis in votis est, ut formosae sint, aut si reipsa non sint, videantur tamen esse; et si qua parte natura defuit, artis supetias adjungunt: unde illae faciei unctiones, dolor et cruciatus in arctandis corporibus, &c. 5008.
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De nat. deorum consolatur afflictos, deducit perterritos a timore, cupiditates imprimis, et iracundias comprimit.
mollusque commented on the word imprimis
In the first place.
December 17, 2007