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command

Sentence that gives an instruction, often followed by an exclamation mark. ‘Stand! Now turn to the right.’ The subject word is not usually used in commands, but it can be: ‘You go away!’ ‘You send him to me now!’


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For who can admit the fault imputed to Homer by Protagoras,--that in the words, 'Sing, goddess, of the wrath,' he gives a command under the idea that he utters a prayer?
" exclaimed Dorothy; "indeed, it is of no use to me now, and when you have it you can command the Winged Monkeys three times.
That I have passed through the most wondrous adventures that have befallen a civilized man during the past two centuries encourages me in the belief that, however ill the telling, the facts themselves will command your interest to the final page.
 
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