Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. 2. (a.) Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. 3. (a.) Firmly determined; unawed.

Multi-Version Concordance Peremptory (2 Occurrences) Daniel 2:15 he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. (See JPS) Daniel 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. (See JPS)