dictum, hest†, behest, call, beck, nod.
despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge,
instructions; appointment, fixture.
demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation,
revendication†; ultimatum &c (terms) 770; request &c 765; requirement.
dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum
[Lat.]; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex
cathedra pronouncement [Lat.], edict, decretal†, dispensation,
prescription, brevet, placit†, ukase, ukaz [Rus.], firman, hatti-
sherif†, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi
prius [Lat.], interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot
d'ordre [Fr.]; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of
the day; enactment &c (law) 963; plebiscite &c (choice) 609.
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 &c (compel) 744.
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 &c n.; give
the word of command, give the word, give the signal; call to order;
give the law, lay down the law; assume the command &c (authority) 737;
remand.
be ordered &c; receive an order &c n..
Adj. commanding &c v.; authoritative &c 737; decretory†, decretive†,
decretal†; callable, jussive†.
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 [Lat.]; le Roi le
veut [Fr.]; boutez en avant [Fr.].