Definition of direct

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Direct (v. t.) To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance..

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Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective..
Seaward :: Seaward (a.) Directed or situated toward the sea.
Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..
Tag :: Tag (n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label..
Large :: Large (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter..
Traumatism :: Traumatism (n.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism..
Thitherward :: Thitherward (adv.) To ward that place; in that direction.
Ego :: Ego (n.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego..
Romeward :: Romeward (a.) Tending or directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church..
Monoclinal :: Monoclinal (a.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
Onward :: Onward (a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Hint :: Hint (v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something..
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey..
Disposal :: Disposal (n.) Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.
Oreoselin :: Oreoselin (n.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition..
Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting..
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction..
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