'Commandeering' definitions:
Definition of 'Commandeering'
From: GCIDE
- Commandeer \Com`man*deer"\, 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.]
Words containing 'Commandeering'
- Command,
- Commandable,
- Commandant,
- Commanded,
- Commandeer,
- Commandeered,
- Commander,
- Commanding,
- Commandingly,
- Commandment,
- The Commandments,
- Commander in chief,
- Knights commanders,
- Lieutenant commander,
- Ten Commandments,
- The Ten Commandments,
- Word of command,
- command guidance,
- command key,
- command language,
- command line,
- command module,
- command of language,
- command overhead,
- command post,
- command prompt,
- commanding officer,
- commandments the ten,
- high command,
- naval commander,
- system command,
- wing commander,
- Self-command,
- air combat command,
- allied command atlantic,
- allied command europe,
- command line interface,
- command processing overhead,
- command sergeant major,
- criminal investigation command,
- second-in-command,
- air force space command,
- command processing overhead time,
- supreme allied commander atlantic,
- supreme allied commander europe,
- popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command