măgistĕro, and, sync., măgistro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [magister],
to perform the office of a director or chief, to rule, direct, command : magisterare regere et temperare est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 152 Müll.; cf.: magisterare moderari, id. p. 126: inter manipulares vitam militarem magistrans, Spart.Hadr. 10.