To rise above; exceed in height; tower over
To manage; supervise:
To hold in restraint; check:
To order or command with authority
To overlook from a height:
To have as a requisite or necessity; need or depend on:
(Intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
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To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
Rule is defined as to have influence or authority over others.
To control or keep in check.
To ask (a person) to do something:
To control, direct, or govern according to a rule, principle, or system; specif., to impose a body of regulations on a particular industry, type of business, etc.
To set down as a rule or direction; order; ordain; direct
To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
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To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on:
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
(Intransitive) To achieve without fuss, or without outside help.
To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail:
To exercise authority over; rule, administer, direct, control, manage, etc.
Any of various factors that cause a body to change its speed, direction, or shape. Force is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. Contributions of force from different sources can be summed to give the net force at any given point.
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To demand and get by authority or force; insist on
To exercise arbitrary or arrogant rule or control.
To impose or give (orders) with or as with authority
To ask for as a right or with authority
To gain control of or subdue by military force:
To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand:
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To give power or authority to; authorize
To command, ask, or tell
(Law) To decide the disposition of (property) by special authority
To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
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To force, compel, or urge; incite; constrain
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
Captain means to lead.
To guide or lead on a course:
The definition of oblige is to compel, force or obligate someone to do something by force, or to do as someone wishes, or to be indebted to someone.
The definition of oppress is to keep something down using cruel or unjust power.
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The definition of coerce means to use force or scare tactics to get someone to do something.
Push is defined as to press, force or urge a person or thing to move or go away.
To subdue is defined as to gain control over someone or something or to calm or quiet someone or something.
To hinder is defined as to restrain or hold something back.
To force into, or hold in, close bounds; confine
To be in force, use, or effect; be current:
To put down or subdue by force:
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To govern as a tyrant; rule with absolute power
To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
To keep from departing or getting away:
To restrain; check; control
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
To aim, point, or turn in a certain direction:
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(Rare) To carry in a coach
To hold the title of sovereign, as in a constitutional monarchy
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
To oversee and manage; supervise.
To oversee, direct, or manage (work, workers, a project, etc.); superintend
To manage as an administrator.
To manage, control, or direct
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To show the way to, or direct the course of, by going before or along with; conduct; guide
To direct (the policies, actions, etc.) of; manage; regulate
To counteract the normal operation of (an automatic control).
(Logic) To explain or limit by adding differences.
# To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.
To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
To call or summon by a silent gesture
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Proclaim is defined as to announce or declare.
To cite is defined as to tell someone they must appear in court.
To summon is to order to meet, to bring together or to order to come.
To keep (a person) from some right or privilege; exclude; bar
To set aside
To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
(Eccles.) To prohibit; forbid
To prohibit (an action or thing) or forbid (someone) to do something, especially by legal or ecclesiastical order.
To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
To rule against; not permit; prohibit
To proscribe is to make something illegal, or to forbid something to be done, or to banish someone for wrongdoing.
To order, decide, or appoint by decree or officially
To give justification for; warrant
To give orders to; direct:
To summon with such an order
To give or cause (pain, wounds, etc.) by or as by striking; cause to be borne
To assign a task to; require or demand a piece of work of
(Archaic) To cause (oneself) to own, hold, or master something, such as property or knowledge.
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
To boast about
followed (antonym)
To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand:
reversed (antonym)
To turn inside out or upside down:
recalled (antonym)
To ask or order to return:
opposed (antonym)
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
contradicted (antonym)
To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
revoked (antonym)
(Now Rare) To recall
countermanded (antonym)
To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order).
begged (antonym)
To ask for (something) in an urgent or humble manner:
submitted (antonym)
To allow oneself to be subjected to something:
obeyed (antonym)
To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
preceded (related)
To be, come, or go before in time, place, order, rank, or importance
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