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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Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position..
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander..
Century :: Century (n.) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one..
Voice :: Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
Decalogue :: Decalogue (n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone..
Mastery :: Mastery (n.) The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Precipient :: Precipient (a.) Commanding; directing.
Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty..
Impracticable :: Impracticable (a.) Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking..
Summons :: Summons (v.) The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).
Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..
Imperant :: Imperant (a.) Commanding.
Command :: Command (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
Charge :: Charge (v. i.) To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
Command :: Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
Myriarch :: Myriarch (n.) A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
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..
Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup..
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