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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Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..
Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from mediate knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension..
Tricurvate :: Tricurvate (a.) Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule)..
Northerliness :: Northerliness (n.) The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.
Pleochroism :: Pleochroism (n.) The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes..
Pound :: Pound (n.) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward..
Index :: Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist..
Holophote :: Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
Homewards :: Homewards (adv.) Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country..
Indirectly :: Indirectly (adv.) In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly..
Southwardly :: Southwardly (adv.) In a southern direction.
Oversee :: Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
Categorically :: Categorically (adv.) Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically..
Directly :: Directly (adv.) Manifestly; openly.
Subibfer :: Subinduce (v. t.) To insinuate; to offer indirectly.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent..
Onward :: Onward (a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction..
Direct :: Direct (v. t.) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter..
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