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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
commandeer
 
SYLLABICATION:com·man·deer
PRONUNCIATION:  kmn-dîr
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers
1. To force into military service. 2. To seize for military use; confiscate. 3. To take arbitrarily or by force. See synonyms at appropriate.
ETYMOLOGY:Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander, to command, from Old French comander. See command.
 
 
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