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COMMAND v. 13 definitions

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge. We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. Bacon. Go to your mistress: Say, I command her come to me. Shak.

Capable of being commanded.

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

COMMANDATORY a.

Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [Obs.]

COMMANDEER v. 3 definitions

COMMANDER n. 4 definitions

authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4.

COMMANDERSHIP n.

The office of a commander.

COMMANDERY n. 4 definitions

The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]

COMMANDING a. 3 definitions

Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

COMMANDINGLY adv.

In a commanding manner.

COMMANDMENT n. 4 definitions

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.

In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker.

See Commandery.

SELF-COMMAND n.

Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.

ted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

t or instigator to the commission of an offense. Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. -- Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.…

To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.

A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

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. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. The high priest…