in a peremptory tone

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• peremptory — adjective Etymology: Middle English peremptorie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin peremptorius, from Latin, destructive, from perimere to take entirely, destroy, from per thoroughly + emere to take more at redeem Date: 15th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• peremptory — adjective formal 1 peremptory behaviour, speech etc is not polite or friendly and shows that the person speaking expects to be obeyed at once: a peremptory tone of voice 2 a peremptory command must be obeyed peremptorily adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• peremptory — peremptorily, adv. peremptoriness, n. /peuh remp teuh ree, per euhmp tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command. 2. imperious or dictatorial. 3. positive or assertive in speech, tone …   Universalium

• peremptory — per•emp•to•ry [[t]pəˈrɛmp tə ri[/t]] adj. 1) leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command[/ex] 2) imperious or dictatorial 3) positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc 4) law Law. a) law precluding or… …   From formal English to slang

• bark — I. verb Etymology: Middle English berken, from Old English beorcan; akin to Old Norse berkja to bark, Lithuanian burgėti to growl Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog b. to make a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Calvinism — • Calvin succeeded Luther in point of time and was committed to a struggle with Zwingli s disciples at Zurich and elsewhere, known as Sacramentarians Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Calvinism     Calvinism …   Catholic encyclopedia

• maintain — maintainable, adj. maintainability, n. maintainer, n. /mayn tayn /, v.t. 1. to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries. 2. to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; …   Universalium

• Rothschild Family — (18–20th century)    European bankers and philanthropists. For nearly two centuries, the Rothschilds have formed a financial dynasty without parallel either in Jewish or general history. In the remotest shtetl of the Russian Pale of Settlement,… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

• Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …   History of philosophy

• per|emp´to|ri|ness — per|emp|to|ry «puh REHMP tuhr ee; PEHR uhmp TR ee, TOHR », adjective, noun, plural ries. –adj. 1. leaving no choice; decisive; final; absolute; conclusive: »a peremptory decree. It is a peremptory point of virtue that a man s independence be… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|emp´to|ri|ly — per|emp|to|ry «puh REHMP tuhr ee; PEHR uhmp TR ee, TOHR », adjective, noun, plural ries. –adj. 1. leaving no choice; decisive; final; absolute; conclusive: »a peremptory decree. It is a peremptory point of virtue that a man s independence be… …   Useful english dictionary