Definition of command

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Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

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Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Mandment :: Mandment (n.) Commandment.
Ministrant :: Ministrant (a.) Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate.
Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence..
Instruct :: Instruct (v. t.) To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury..
Century :: Century (n.) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
Incompliant :: Incompliant (a.) Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
Beck :: Beck (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command..
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
Order :: Order (n.) A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
Trierarch :: Trierarch (n.) The commander of a trireme.
Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..
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..
Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..
Command :: 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..
Unbidden :: Unbidden (a.) Not bidden; not commanded.
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
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..
Head :: Head (n.) The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers..
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