Command(n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
Command(n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
Command(n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
Command(n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
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.
Command(n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
Command(v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
Command(v. i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.
Command(v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
Command(v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
Command(v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
Command(v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
Command(v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
Commandable(a.) Capable of being commanded.
Commandant(n.) A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
Commanded(imp. & p. p.) of Command
Commander(n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
Commander(n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
Commander(n.) The chief officer of a commandery.
Commander(n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
Commanding(a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.
Commanding(a.) Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.
Commanding(a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
Commanding(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Command
Commandingly(adv.) In a commanding manner.
Commandment(n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
Commandment(n.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
Commandment(n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
Commandment(n.) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
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