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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
command
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed, the Kings have heard that thou commandest a thing and thy Wazir countermandeth it.
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So it behoveth thee to be joyful hereat and contented, for that I am become to thee as a son, maugre my more of age, an thou to me as a dear father, despite thy tenderness of years, and it hath become incumbent on me to do mine utmost endeavour in all thou commandest me.
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And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
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And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
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Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
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Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
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A slave has nothing to command; whatever thou commandest I obey.
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Fair knight, then they said, in saving of our lives we will do as thou commandest us.
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“That will I tell thee,” replied the charcoal-burner; “every time thou tappest it with thy hand, a corporal comes with six men armed from head to foot, and they do whatsoever thou commandest them.”
Household Tales 2003
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And Tus said, “I will remember thy will and take the road that thou commandest.”
The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
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