Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| adjure | to command solemnly. |
| behest | a command, a request. |
| bespeak | to commission to be made. |
| bid | an offer; (verb) to make an offer to command |
| bidden | (PaP.) BID, to express a greeting. |
| command | an order; (verb) to direct with authority. |
| commandable | able to be commanded. |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service. |
| commandingly | (Adv.) COMMANDING. |
| commandment | the act or power of commanding. |
| coordinance | a joint ordinance. |
| countermand | to revoke an order by a contrary order. |
| decree | an order by someone in authority; (verb) to order or establish by law or edict. |
| decreer | one who decrees. |
| dictatrix | a female dictator. |
| directive | a general instruction. |
| edict | an authoritative order having the force of law. |
| edictal | relating to an edict. |
| edictally | (Adv.) EDICTAL, relating to an edict. |
| enjoin | to command; to order. |
| enjoinder | an order. |
| enjoiner | one who enjoins. |
| enjoinment | direction; command; authoritative admonition. |
| fiat | (Lat.) a formal authorization for a proposed arrangement; (verb) to sanction. |
| fiaunt | (Spenser) a fiat. |
| forbid | to command not to do something. |
| forbidal | the act of forbidding. |
| forbiddal | the act of forbidding. |
| forbiddance | (Obs.) the act of forbidding. |
| forbidden | (PaP.) FORBID, to command not to do something. |
| forbiddenly | (Shakesp.) in a forbidden manner. |
| forbidder | one who forbids. |
| forbiddingly | (Adv.) FORBIDDING. |
| forwarn | to forbid. |
| heast | (Spenser) behest, command. |
| heaste | (Spenser) behest, command. |
| hecht | (Scots) to call. |
| hest | (Arch.) behest, command. |
| hete | (Obs.) to promise, command, name. |
| hight | (Arch.) to command or call. |
| imperious | assuming command; haughty. |
| imperiously | (Adv.) IMPERIOUS, assuming command. |
| injunct | to prohibit; to restrain by means of an injunction. |
| injunction | the act or an instance of enjoining. |
| injunctive | relating to an injunction. |
| injunctively | (Adv.) INJUNCTIVE, relating to an injunction. |
| interdict | to forbid, prohibit. |
| interdiction | the act of interdicting. |
| interdictory | serving to interdict. |
| mandatary | the holder of a mandate. |
| mandate | an official instruction; (verb) to issue with a mandate. |
| mandator | one who gives a mandate. |
| mandatorily | (Adv.) MANDATORY, by mandate. |
| mandatory | by mandate (noun) the holder of a mandate |
| masterdom | dominion; rule; command. |
| masterhood | the state of being a master. |
| ministrant | an attendant. |
| ordain | to invest with holy authority. |
| ordainer | one who ordains. |
| order | a command, a requisition; (verb) to give a command or instruction to. |
| orderable | that can be ordered. |
| orderer | one who orders. |
| ordinance | that which is ordained by authority, fate, etc; a regulation. |
| prebid | to bid in advance. |
| predestine | to decree beforehand. |
| preordain | to ordain in advance. |
| prescribe | to lay down a rule or direction. |
| prescriber | one who prescribes. |
| prescript | (Arch.) a thing that is prescribed or laid down; an ordinance. |
| prohibit | to forbid by authority. |
| prohibition | the act of prohibiting. |
| prohibitionary | serving to prohibit. |
| prohibitory | serving to prohibit. |
| proscribe | to forbid, esp by law. |
| proscript | a person who is proscribed. |
| rahui | (Maori) a Maori prohibition. |
| taboo | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as eg unclean. |
| tabu | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as eg unclean. |
| tapu | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as eg unclean. |
| unbid | not bid or commanded. |
| unorder | to cancel an order. |
| unprohibited | not prohibited. |
| veto | (Lat.) to forbid. |