Command

kom-mand'', v. t. To order with authority; to exercise supreme authority over; to have under influence, control, or vision; to exact or enforce, bid, direct, overlook, claim, —v. i. To have authority, po e chief power, govern. — n. An authoritative order; exercise of authority; " right or po e ion of authority; ability to overlook, control, or watch; a body of troops under a particular officer.— Command' er, n. A leader; the chief officer of an army, or a division of it. (Navy.) An officer next above a lieutenant. A heavy, wooden mallet. — Command'ery, -er-Y, -ry, -ri, n. A manor belonging to an order of knights, and controlled by a commander; a preceptory; a lodge of the Freemasons called knights templars. — Command'ing, a. Fitted to control; imperious. — Command'rment, n. An authoritative order; precept. (Script.) One of the 10 laws given by God to the Israeli tes at Mount Sinai. Commeasurable. Same as Commensurable.