A command, an order, a behest; a direction, an instruction; an expressed request. Usually qualified by possessive or the. See also word of command n.…

A command, injunction, bidding.

An authoritative order or injunction; a precept given by authority. (archaic.)

A general command or injunction; a rule for action or conduct, esp. a rule for moral conduct, a maxim; spec. a divine command.

That which is commanded; a commandment or order (usually written); (Scottish) a formal authorization for one person to act on behalf of another (cf…

A decree, command. Obsolete.

A command, an order; a precept; = hight, n.3 2.

A command, order, injunction. to sit any one's bidding (Sc.): to neglect his order to go.

A command, an order. Obsolete.

A divine pronouncement; an eternal law or ordinance. Obsolete.

An authoritative direction; an injunction, or mandate; an oral or written command; an instruction.

A command, an order.

An order authoritatively made and remaining in force, a commandment, n.

An utterance of the word ‘shall’; a command, promise, or determination (such as is expressed by means of ‘shall’).

A command, an order. rare.

gen. A command, order, or injunction. Also: a commission (cf. senses 1 2 3).

An order, an instruction.

An authoritative utterance, regulation, or convention expressing or involving a command or obligation; a command, an injunction.

With reference to ‘fiat lux’ (let there be light) Genesis i. 3 in the Vulgate: A command having for its object the creation, formation, or…

A precept, a commandment; a (religious) duty or obligation. Also in plural: the commandments of the Jewish Law collectively.

Military. A specific command or notice issued by the commanding officer to the troops under his or her command.

A command, order, or instruction from a person in authority. Also transferred (see quot. 1925).

In Russia: a governmental order. Cf. ukase, n. 2.