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▪ I. commanding, vbl. n.|kəˈmɑːndɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. command v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. command; a command, order, injunction.
a1300Cursor M. 5104 (Cott.) All your bidding agh be til vs als comanding. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 256 And syne Do furth his lordis commandyne. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 615 He..whose onely thinking is a commanding. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 251 We have..no Revilings, no Commandings, nor Complainings.
▪ II. commanding, ppl. a.|kəˈmɑːndɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That commands.
1. gen. Possessing or exercising command or control, ruling, controlling. commanding signs in Astrol.: see quot. 1696.
1483Cath. Angl. 72 Commandynge, imperiosus. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. i. 29 The great Commanding Warwicke. 1678Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 2 The commanding Wand In Moses's hand. 1696Phillips, Commanding Signs, the first six Signs of the Zodiack. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Introd. Wks. I. 105 To affect the imagination with these commanding ideas. 1863Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 148 The relation of the commanding rich to the obeying poor.
b. Impelling, effectively actuating.
1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 175 The power commanding..lies so far from the weight to be commanded. 1805Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1846) VI. 444 To stand under an easy but commanding sail. 1823W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. N. Whale Fishery 68 Sailing when we had a commanding breeze.
c. commanding officer: an officer in command. commanding ship: the commander's ship, the leader of a squadron.
1758Naval Chron. VIII. 448 The commanding ship hoisted her top-sails. 1796–7Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 51 Commanding officers of regiments. 1859Thackeray Virgin. vi. 48 The French commanding officer on the Ohio.
†2. Grammar. Imperative. Obs.
1565J. Calfhill Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846) 60 Which words be spoken in the Commanding Mode.
3. Indicating or expressing command; nobly dignified; having an exalted or imperial air.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 88 He speakes with such a proud commanding spirit. 1623Massinger Bondman iii. ii, The majesty of commanding beauty. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 189 ⁋12 The commanding dignity of her motion. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. i, Of a tall and even commanding stature. 1851Midland Florist V. 369 [It] is a commanding flower. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 340 Men of commanding genius.
4. Dominating by superior height or strategic position; having a wide and unobstructed prospect.
1634Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 13 A high and commanding turret. 1751Chambers Cycl., Commanding ground, an eminence, or rising ground, which overlooks any post or strong place. 1849–50Alison Hist. Europe XIII. lxxxvii. 49 His guns, established on a commanding knoll in the centre. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits Lit. Wks. (Bohn) II. 112 Commanding views in literature, philosophy and science. |