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commandeer

verb
/kɒmənˈdɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Late 19th century. From Dutch commanderen (“to command”), partially through its descendant, Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”). Ultimately from French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commendare. Doublet of command.

  1. derived from commendo
  2. derived from comander
  3. derived from commander
  4. borrowed from kommandeer
  5. borrowed from commanderen

Definitions

  1. To seize for military use.

  2. To force into military service.

  3. To take arbitrarily or by force.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).

      • "We're stuck taking the bus to school tomorrow, aren't we?" "...Yeah. Moperville South doesn't give bus service out here, so Ellen's commandeering my car."

The neighborhood

Derived

commandeerer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for commandeer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA