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command 2, verb(dictionary)

command(2) (iou)



command verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman comaunder, Old French comander (mod. commander) from late Latin commandare, formed as COM- + mandare commit, enjoin: cf. COMMEND verb.]
I.
verb trans. Lay down as a command; give a command or commands to; order, bid, enjoin, with authority and influence. (With a command, a person etc. given a command (historically an indirect obj.), or both as object(s); a person etc. to do, (arch.) do, to a thing; that something (should) be done; a person or thing to be + pa. pple.) ME.
Bible (AV): Acts 25:6 He..commanded Paul to be brought. W. Blackstone The rule of life which religion commands. J. B. Priestley 'Go to Liverpool at once,' he commanded. E. O'Neill His Imperial Majesty commands that you stop talking. T. Capote When the next boy commanded him to halt, he at once obeyed.
b. verb intrans. Issue commands. LME.
verb trans. ellipt.
a. Order to come or go to, from, away, etc. arch. LME.
Milton Commanded home for doing too much.
b. Order to be sent or given; demand. L16-L18.
Shakespeare Cymbeline You have commanded of me these most poisonous compounds.
verb trans. Have authority over; be in command of (forces, a ship, etc.); be in control of; master, restrain, (oneself, one's passions, etc.). LME.
C. Marlowe The haughty Dane commands the narrow seas. M. Edgeworth: F. commanded his temper.
b. verb intrans. Have authority or control; be in command, be supreme. L16.
Defoe Colonel Forbes..commanded at the siege.
verb trans. Have (a person etc.) at one's call; have (money, skill, etc.) at one's disposal or within easy reach. M16.
yours to command arch.: a formula used for closing a letter.
A. C. Boult Eugene Ysa?e commanded a breadth of tone as a violinist which remains unmatched. H. Wilson Whether A or B can in fact command a majority in the House of Commons.
verb trans. Deserve and get; exact, compel. L16.
K. Tynan He could not command my sympathy nor even..my interest. F. Herbert He..commanded their attention with a knuckle rap against the table.
verb trans. Dominate from an elevated or superior strategic position; look down on or over. E17.
J. Ruskin My bedroom window commanded..a very lovely view. E. Bowen Combe Farm commanded the valley.
b. verb intrans. Dominate by looking down over; have a commanding position. E17.
II.
verb trans. Commend, recommend, confide, LME-M16.
commandable adjective LME.