Definition of command

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Command (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook..

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Order :: Order (n.) A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
Instruct :: Instruct (v. t.) To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury..
Commander :: Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it..
Service :: Service (n.) The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love..
Command :: Command (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook..
General :: General (a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal..
Truce :: Truce (n.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice..
Command :: Command (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
Bridgehead :: Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont..
Leisure :: Leisure (n.) Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease..
Countermand :: Countermand (v. t.) To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods..
Captainry :: Captainry (n.) Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship..
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands..
Mutiny :: Mutiny (n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination..
Herald :: Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character..
Commandingly :: Commandingly (adv.) In a commanding manner.
Command :: Command (v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
Precent :: Precent (n.) Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule..
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Oracle :: Oracle (n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
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