"imperial" meaning in Middle English

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "imperial"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "imperial"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "imperial"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French imperial",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "imperiālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin imperiālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "emperie",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "emperie + -al",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French imperial, emperial, from Latin imperiālis; equivalent to emperie + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imperiale",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiale",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inperial",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperyal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inperyal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperyall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "emperiall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirial",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "plural and weak singular",
        "4": "imperiale",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "imperial (plural and weak singular imperiale)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "imperiale"
      },
      "expansion": "imperial (plural and weak singular imperiale)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 0 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Monarchy",
          "orig": "enm:Monarchy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 0 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Nobility",
          "orig": "enm:Nobility",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Imperial; related to or being of an empire or its ruler."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperial-enm-adj-UOKZhJk4",
      "links": [
        [
          "Imperial",
          "imperial#English"
        ],
        [
          "empire",
          "empire"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Befitting or appropriate for someone of imperial rank; superb."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperial-enm-adj-l1OvJPVU",
      "links": [
        [
          "Befitting",
          "befitting"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 15 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 15 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -al",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unsurpassed, unmatched; lacking an equal or equivalent."
      ],
      "id": "en-imperial-enm-adj-YvDLL0tj",
      "links": [
        [
          "Unsurpassed",
          "unsurpassed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/imˌpɛːriˈal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpɛːrial/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˌpiːriˈal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈpiːrial/",
      "note": "by analogy with empire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imperial"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -al",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Monarchy",
    "enm:Nobility"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "imperial"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "imperial"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "imperiālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin imperiālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "emperie",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "emperie + -al",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French imperial, emperial, from Latin imperiālis; equivalent to emperie + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imperiale",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiale",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inperial",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperyal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inperyal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperyall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperiall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "emperiall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "empirial",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "plural and weak singular",
        "4": "imperiale",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "imperial (plural and weak singular imperiale)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "imperiale"
      },
      "expansion": "imperial (plural and weak singular imperiale)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Imperial; related to or being of an empire or its ruler."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Imperial",
          "imperial#English"
        ],
        [
          "empire",
          "empire"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Befitting or appropriate for someone of imperial rank; superb."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Befitting",
          "befitting"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unsurpassed, unmatched; lacking an equal or equivalent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unsurpassed",
          "unsurpassed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/imˌpɛːriˈal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpɛːrial/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˌpiːriˈal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈpiːrial/",
      "note": "by analogy with empire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imperial"
}