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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commandeer \Com`man*deer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commandeered};
p. pr & vb n. {Commandeering}.] [D. kommandeeren to
command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr F. commander to
command. See {Command}.]
1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for
military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.
2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of [Colloq.]
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