Definition of command

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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..

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Eye :: Eye (n.) The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence..
Belvedere :: Belvedere (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect..
Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..
Behest :: Behest (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another..
Commission :: Commission (n.) A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander..
Issue :: Issue (n.) The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury..
Demogorgon :: Demogorgon (n.) A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon..
Adjure :: Adjure (v. t.) To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
Rule :: Rule (n.) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
Command :: Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer..
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..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge..
Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..
Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army..
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