N. authority, influence, patronage, power,
preponderance, credit,
prestige,
prerogative, jurisdiction, right, direction, government, divine right, dynastic rights,
authoritativeness, absoluteness,
absolutism,
despotism, jus nocendi, jus divinum,
mastery,
mastership,
masterdom,
dictation, control, hold,
grasp,
grip,
gripe, reach, iron sway, fangs,
clutches, talons, rod of empire, commission, deputy, permission
V. authorize, warrant,
dictate, be at the head of, hold office, be in office, fill an office, hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master, have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip, gain a hold upon,
preponderate,
dominate, rule the roost,
boss,
override, overrule,
overawe, lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches, have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb, be master of the situation, take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion, give the law to, carry with a high hand, lay down the law, "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm", rule with a rod of iron
Adj. at the head, dominant,
paramount, supreme, predominant,
preponderant, in the ascendant,
influential, arbitrary, compulsory : stringent, at one's command, in one's power, in one's grasp, under control
Adv. in the name of, by the authority of, de par le roi, in virtue of, under the auspices of, in the hands of, at one's pleasure, by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen, ex mero motu, ex cathedra
Phr. the gray mare the better horse, "every inch a king"
N. 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, request, requirement,
dictation,
dictate,
mandate,
caveat, decree, senatus consultum,
precept,
prescript,
rescript, writ,
ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict,
decretal,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit,
ukase, ukaz,
firman,
hatti-sherif, warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius,
interpellation,
citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum,
tattoo, order of the day,
enactment,
plebiscite V. 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, 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, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command,
remand, be -ordered &c, receive an order
Adv. 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
Phr. the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le roi le veut, boutez en avant