Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-MAND'ING
COM-MAND'ER-Y, or COM-MAND'RYCOM-MAND'ING-LY
COM-MAND'ING, ppr.
- Bidding; ordering; directing with authority; governing; bearing rule; exercising supreme authority; having in power; overlooking without obstruction.
- adj. Controlling by influence, authority, or dignity; as, a man of commanding manners; a commanding eloquence.
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