command

Roget-categorie 741

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#741. Command

zelfstandig naamwoord

command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm^†, bidding, dictum, hest^†, behest, call, beck, nod.
despatch, dispatch — message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions — appointment, fixture.
demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication^† — ultimatum etc. (terms) 770 — request etc. 765 — requirement.
dictation — dictate, mandate — caveat, decree, senatus consultum [Lat.] — precept — prescript, rescript — writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.], edict, decretal^†, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit^†, ukase, ukaz [Rus.], firman, hatti-sherif^†, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius [Lat.], interpellation, citation — word, word of command — mot d'ordre [Fr.] — bugle call, trumpet call — beat of drum, tattoo — order of the day — enactment etc. (law) 963 — plebiscite etc. (choice) 609.

werkwoord

command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders.
prescribe, set, appoint, mark out — set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task — set to work, put in requisition.
bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct — require at the hands of — exact, impose, tax, task — demand — insist on etc. (compel) 744.
claim, lay claim to, revendicate^†, reclaim.
cite, summon — call for, send for — subpoena — beckon.
issue a command — make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order etc. n. — give the word of command, give the word, give the signal — call to order — give the law, lay down the law — assume the command etc. (authority) 737 — remand.
be ordered &c. — receive an order etc. n..

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

commanding etc. v. — authoritative etc. 737 — decretory^†, decretive^†, decretal^† — callable, jussive^†.

bijwoord

in a commanding tone — by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen — by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons.

uitdrukking

the decree is gone forth — sic volo sic jubeo [Lat.] — le Roi le veut [Fr.] — boutez en avant [Fr.].

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