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<blockquote><b>Command</b> and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Authority; power or right of control; leadership; <as>as, the forces under his <ex>command</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.</def>

<blockquote>Te steepy stand Which overlooks the vale with wide <b>command</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Control; power over something; sway; influence; <as>as, to have <ex>command</ex> over one's temper or voice; the fort has <ex>command</ex> of the bridge.</as></def>

<blockquote>He assumed an absolute <b>command</b> over his readers. <i>Druden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>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.</def>

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<cs><col>Word of command</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, <i>aim<i>; <i>fire<i>; <i>shoulder arms<i>, etc.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion; sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest. See <er>Direction</er>.</syn>

<h1>Commandable</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mand"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being commanded.</def>

<h1>Commandant</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`man*dant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., orig. p. pr. of <ets>commander</ets>.]</ety> <def>A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; <as>as, the <ex>commandant</ex> of a navy-yard</as>.</def>

<h1>Commandatory</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mand"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mandatory; <as>as, <ex>commandatory</ex> authority</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Commander</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mand"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>commandeur</ets>. Cf. <er>Commodore</er>, <er>Commender</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.</def>

<blockquote>A leader and <b>commander</b> to the people. <i>Is. lv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Navy)</fld> <def>An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The chief officer of a commandery.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Commander in chief</col>, <cd>the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is <i>commander in chief<i> of the army and navy of the United States.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Chief</er>.</syn>

<h1>Commandership</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mand"er*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a commander.</def>

<h1>Commandery</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mand"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Commanderies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>commanderie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The office or rank of a commander.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>