Command

kom-mand′, v.t. to order: to bid: to exercise supreme authority over: ( Shak. ) to demand: to cause to act: ( Shak. ) to exact: to have within sight, influence, or control.— v.i. to have chief authority: to govern.— n. an order: authority: me age: the ability to overlook or influence: the thing commanded.— ns. Commandant′ , an officer who has the command of a place or of a body of troops, Commandant′ship .— v.t. Commandeer′ , to compel to military service.— ns. Command′er , one who commands: an officer in the navy next in rank under a captain; Command′er-in-chief , the highest staff appointment in the British army: the officer in supreme command of an army, or of the entire forces of the state; Command′ership ; Command′ery , the district under a commander, specially used in connection with the Templars, the Hospitallers, and other religious orders.— adj. Command′ing , fitted to impre or control.— adv. Command′ingly .— n. Command′ment , a command: a precept.— Commander of the Faithful , a title of the caliphs.— At Command , available for use; On command , under orders.— Ten Commandments , the ten Mosaic laws: ( slang ) the ten finger-nails, used by women in fighting. [Fr. commander —L. commendāre — com , and mandāre , to entrust.]