The influence of aryl substituents, pH, temperature, general acid-base catalysts, and solvent polarity on the kinetics of hydrolysis of ethyl A-arylformimidates and ethyl A-arylacetimidates was studied in aqueous and aqueous dioxane solutions. The data indicate that hydrolysis of these imidates involves rate-limiting reaction of the conjugate acids of the imidates with water in acidic solutions, and with hydroxide ion in alkaline solutions. Although alkoxyanilinocarbinols are probably intermediates in alkaline solutions, they may not be intermediates in acidic solutions. Hydrolysis at low pH may be a concerted process involving simultaneous C-0 bond formation and C-N bond cleavage. The falloff in hydrolysis rate in strongly acidic solutions may be due to the diminished water activity of the solvent, rather than to a change in the rate-limiting step. The two sets of products formed in alkaline imidate hydrolyses may arise from competing reactions of a single intermediate, rather than from reactions of two different intermediates in acid-base equilibrium.