‖n. [ F., fr. allemand German. ] 1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A figure in dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. almandina, alamandina, for L. alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F. almandine. ] (Min.) The common red variety of garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amande almond. See Almond. ] 1. The vegetable casein of almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archimandrita, LGr. 'archimandri`ths; pref. 'archi (E. arch-) + ma`ndra an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery. ] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quæsita. Called also Coromandel wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.
Syn. -- genus Comandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Commanding. ] [ OE. comaunden, commanden, OF. comander, F. commander, fr. L. com- + mandare to commit to, to command. Cf. Commend, Mandate. ] 1. To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to your mistress:
Say, I command her come to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such aid as I can spare you shall command. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Up to the eastern tower,
Whose height commands as subject all the vale. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One side commands a view of the finest garden. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis not in mortals to command success. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To direct to come; to bestow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will command my blessing upon you. Lev. xxv. 21.

Syn. -- To bid; order; direct; dictate; charge; govern; rule; overlook. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

And reigned, commanding in his monarchy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the king had so commanded concerning [ Haman ]. Esth. iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a view, as from a superior position. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far and wide his eye commands. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awaiting what command their mighty chief
Had to impose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The possession or exercise of authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steepy stand
Which overlooks the vale with wide command. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assumed an absolute command over his readers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Word of command (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc.

Syn. -- Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion; sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest. See Direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being commanded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., orig. p. pr. of commander. ] A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commandeered p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering. ] [ D. kommandeeren to command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to command. See Command. ] 1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender. ] 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The chief officer of a commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commander in chief, 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 commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.

Syn. -- See Chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Commanderies [ F. commanderie. ] 1. The office or rank of a commander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [ R. ] Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.

Syn. -- Authoritative; imperative; imperious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a commanding manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. commandement, F. commandement. ] 1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

And therefore put I on the countenance
Of stern commandment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Commandments,
The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. See Command, v. t. ] 1. In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a usually small military unit trained to perform special missions, often behind enemy lines, and usually employing hit-and-run tactics. Such units often have the destruction of fixed targets, such as enemy installations, as their mission, in contrast to normal combat units which engage the enemy army directly. [ PJC ]

3. a member of a commando{ 2 } unit. [ PJC ]

n. A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. --
Coromandel wood, Calamander wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding. ] [ F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate. ] 1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. [ 1913 Webster ]

For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have you no countermand for Claudio yet,
But he must die to-morrow? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding. ] [ F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend. ] 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, in our foresaid holy father's name,
Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. [ 1913 Webster ]

I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a demand; to inquire. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? Luke iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t. ] 1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

The demand [ is ] by the word of the holy ones. Dan. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

In 1678 came forth a second edition [ Pilgrim's Progress ] with additions; and then the demand became immense. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due. [ 1913 Webster ]

In demand, in request; being much sought after. --
On demand, upon presentation and request of payment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be demanded or claimed. “All sums demandable.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ F. demandant, p. pr. of demander. ] One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. germaunder, F. germandrée, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.&unr_;; &unr_; on the earth or ground + &unr_; tree. See Humble, and Tree. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamædrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

American germander, Teucrium Canadense. --
Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis. --
Water germander, Teucrium Scordium. --
Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering. ] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [ Political Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his influence, hence the name; though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gourmand; cf. Prov. F. gourmer to sip, to lap, gourmacher to eat improperly, F. gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. gorm to smear, daub; all perh. akin to E. gore blood, filth. Cf. Gourmand. ] A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gluttonous; voracious. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gormand, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gluttony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand. [ 1913 Webster ]

That great gourmand, fat Apicius. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Gormandized p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing ] [ F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand. ] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself. Shak.
Syn. -- gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. Same as gormandize. [ PJC ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Dodman. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hyo- + mandibular. ] (Anat.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. -- n. The hyomandibular bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fruit tree (Citrus limonia) which is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the lemon, having a very acid fruit with an orange peel; also, the fruit of this tree, the rangpur.
Syn. -- rangpur, rangpur lime, Citrus limonia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A demand. [ Obs. ] See Demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., we command, fr. mandare to command. ] (Law) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantrī minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think. ] 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A powerful government official or bureaucrat, especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of his own importance and privelege. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: A member of an influential, powerful or elite group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles; -- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist or conservative about their specialties. [ PJC ]

5. The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire. [ PJC ]

6. Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese language spoken by a mojority of the population of China, the standard variety of which is spoken in the region around Beijing. [ PJC ]

7. (Bot.) A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called also mandarin orange and tangerine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China. --
Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]