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Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills, when it commands "Silence."

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.

law. Hooker. As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson. I will be correspondent to command. Shak.

ett. -- Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. -- Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. --…

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.

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.

rded 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. Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon. Milton.

r, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.

set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

-- 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. His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson.

To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.

A woman who dictates or commands. Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen. Byron.

t manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity. Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17.

ich is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. Numb. xxi. 18.

low; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.

Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.