Definition of direct

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Direct (v. t.) To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army..

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Blaze :: Blaze (n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun..
Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3..
Ethylene :: Ethylene (n.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen..
Spiritous :: Spiritoso (a. & adv.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner..
Vaccinate :: Vaccinate (v. t.) To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows..
Doctrinally :: Doctrinally (adv.) In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.
Will :: Will (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order..
Circuity :: Circuity (n.) A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
Clinodiagonal :: Clinodiagonal (a.) Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinodiagonal..
Simple :: Simple (a.) Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language..
Inverse :: Inverse (a.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x..
Way :: Way (n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
Point :: Point (n.) Hence, to direct the attention or notice of..
Director :: Director (n.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.
Wisse :: Wisse (a.) To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct.
Motion :: Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..
Kinesodic :: Kinesodic (a.) Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly..
Pointed :: Pointed (a.) Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..
South :: South (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
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