| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An authoritative indication to be obeyed: behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), order, word. See OVER, WORDS. 2. Conferred power: authority, faculty, right. Law : competence, competency. See ABILITY.
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