| Command |
v. t. |
To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge. |
| Command |
v. t. |
To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead. |
| Command |
v. t. |
To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook. |
| Command |
v. t. |
To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price. |
| Command |
v. t. |
To direct to come; to bestow. |
| Command |
v. i. |
To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders. |
| Command |
v. i. |
To have a view, as from a superior position. |
| Command |
n. |
An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction. |
| Command |
n. |
The possession or exercise of authority. |
| Command |
n. |
Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command. |
| Command |
n. |
Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey. |
| Command |
n. |
Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge. |
| Command |
n. |
A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer. |
| Commandable |
a. |
Capable of being commanded. |
| Commandant |
n. |
A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard. |
| Commandatory |
a. |
Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. |
| Commanded |
imp. & p. p. |
of Command |
| Commandeer |
v. t. |
To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes;
orig. used of the Boers. |
| Commandeer |
v. t. |
To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. |
| Commandeered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Commandeer |
| Commandeering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Commandeer |
| Commander |
n. |
A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. |
| Commander |
n. |
An officer who ranks next below a captain,
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. |
| Commander |
n. |
The chief officer of a commandery. |
| Commander |
n. |
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. |
| Commanderies |
pl. |
of Commandery |
| Commandership |
n. |
The office of a commander. |
| Commandery |
n. |
The office or rank of a commander. |
| Commandery |
n. |
A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander;
called also a preceptory. |
| Commandery |
n. |
An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. |
| Commandery |
n. |
A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. |
| Commanding |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Command |
| Commanding |
a. |
Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. |
| Commanding |
a. |
Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. |
| Commanding |
a. |
Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. |
| Commandingly |
adv. |
In a commanding manner. |
| Commandment |
n. |
An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. |
| Commandment |
n. |
One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. |
| Commandment |
n. |
The act of commanding; exercise of authority. |
| Commandment |
n. |
The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. |
| Commando |
v. t. |
In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. |
| Commandress |
n. |
A woman invested with authority to command. |
| Commandry |
n. |
See Commandery. |
