commandeerv.

Brit.

/kɒmənˈdɪə/, U.S.

/ˌkɑmənˈdɪ(ə)r/, South African English

/kɒmənˈdɪə/

Forms: Also commander.

Etymology: < South African Dutch kommanˈderen, < French commander to command.

South African.

a. transitive. To command or force into military service; to seize for (or as for) military use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637

requisition1837

commandeer1881

1881 Times 1 Feb. 5/5 The night previously the Boers had commandeered the natives..and compelled them to fight.

1882 Standard 12 Dec. 5/7 The Schoonspruit..Burghers, who have been commandeered, have declined to go to the front.

1883 All Year Round 17 Nov. 533 Any quantity of grapes might be commandeered without..asking.

b. absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (intransitive)] > seize for public service

commandeer1881

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provision > requisition

requisition1837

commandeer1881

1881 Times 25 Jan. 5 The Boers are in Lydenburg commandering from the stores.

1882 Standard 12 Dec. 5/7 The action of the Government in commandeering so extensively.

c. figurative and gen. To take arbitrary possession of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > arbitrarily or summarily

confiscate1819

commandeer1900

1900 R. Kipling in J. Ralph War's Brighter Side (1901) ix. 135 We never use such words as steal, or ‘collar’, ‘pinch’, or ‘shake’: The fashion is to say he ‘commandeers’ it.

1900 A. Conan Doyle Great Boer War 208 The naïve claims put forward by the Boers to some special Providence—a process which a friendly German critic described as ‘commandeering the Almighty’.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 3/1 The sleeve commandeers to itself a share of attention..out of proportion to its place.

1928 Punch 6 June 620 The porter..came to the hotel long after the Merry Party had commandeered it for week-ends.

1929 Daily Express 12 Dec. 1/3 I commandeered passing lorries and any other vehicles which happened to be going down the road.

1954 M. Beresford Lost Villages Eng. ix. 335 The sheriff commandeering wheat from the fields of Compton Verney in 1445.

Derivatives

commanˈdeered adj. taken for military service or use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority > for public service

commandeered1894

1894 Westm. Gaz. 23 June 6/1 A number of commandeered settlers.

1899 Daily News 13 June 4/2 Each commandeered burgher.

commanˈdeering n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service

purveyance1423

purveying1442

imprest1610

impressure1680

impressment1796

requisitionc1806

press1855

commandeering1894

1894 Athenæum 28 July 125/2 The commandeering of British subjects in the Transvaal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	commandeer
释义	commandeerv. Brit. /kɒmənˈdɪə/, U.S. /ˌkɑmənˈdɪ(ə)r/, South African English /kɒmənˈdɪə/ Forms: Also commander. Etymology: < South African Dutch kommanˈderen, < French commander to command. South African. a. transitive. To command or force into military service; to seize for (or as for) military use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637 requisition1837 commandeer1881 1881 Times 1 Feb. 5/5 The night previously the Boers had commandeered the natives..and compelled them to fight. 1882 Standard 12 Dec. 5/7 The Schoonspruit..Burghers, who have been commandeered, have declined to go to the front. 1883 All Year Round 17 Nov. 533 Any quantity of grapes might be commandeered without..asking. b. absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (intransitive)] > seize for public service commandeer1881 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provision > requisition requisition1837 commandeer1881 1881 Times 25 Jan. 5 The Boers are in Lydenburg commandering from the stores. 1882 Standard 12 Dec. 5/7 The action of the Government in commandeering so extensively. c. figurative and gen. To take arbitrary possession of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > arbitrarily or summarily confiscate1819 commandeer1900 1900 R. Kipling in J. Ralph War's Brighter Side (1901) ix. 135 We never use such words as steal, or ‘collar’, ‘pinch’, or ‘shake’: The fashion is to say he ‘commandeers’ it. 1900 A. Conan Doyle Great Boer War 208 The naïve claims put forward by the Boers to some special Providence—a process which a friendly German critic described as ‘commandeering the Almighty’. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 3/1 The sleeve commandeers to itself a share of attention..out of proportion to its place. 1928 Punch 6 June 620 The porter..came to the hotel long after the Merry Party had commandeered it for week-ends. 1929 Daily Express 12 Dec. 1/3 I commandeered passing lorries and any other vehicles which happened to be going down the road. 1954 M. Beresford Lost Villages Eng. ix. 335 The sheriff commandeering wheat from the fields of Compton Verney in 1445. Derivatives commanˈdeered adj. taken for military service or use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority > for public service commandeered1894 1894 Westm. Gaz. 23 June 6/1 A number of commandeered settlers. 1899 Daily News 13 June 4/2 Each commandeered burgher. commanˈdeering n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service purveyance1423 purveying1442 imprest1610 impressure1680 impressment1796 requisitionc1806 press1855 commandeering1894 1894 Athenæum 28 July 125/2 The commandeering of British subjects in the Transvaal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1881
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