Definition of command

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Command (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command..

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Dictatress :: Dictatress (n.) A woman who dictates or commands.
Voice :: Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
Precipient :: Precipient (a.) Commanding; directing.
Self-government :: Self-government (n.) The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command..
Adelantado :: Adelantado (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.
Captain :: Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army..
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..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..
Devolve :: Devolve (v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank..
Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..
Disobedient :: Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts..
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum..
Commandress :: Commandress (n.) A woman invested with authority to command.
Prefect :: Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person..
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..
Hote :: Hote (v. t. & i.) To command; to enjoin.
Captain :: Captain (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain..
Order :: Order (v. i.) To give orders; to issue commands.
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill..
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