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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Near :: Near (a) Immediate; direct; close; short.
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine..
Incidence :: Incidence (n.) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface..
Rule :: Rule (n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive..
Countermove :: Countermove (v. t. & i.) To move in a contrary direction to.
North :: North (n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south..
Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current..
Deictically :: Deictically (adv.) In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely.
Administrator :: Administrator (n.) One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager..
Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting..
Determination :: Determination (n.) Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
Circumbendibus :: Circumbendibus (n.) A roundabout or indirect way.
Face :: Face (n.) That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces..
Indirection :: Indirection (n.) Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
Sforzato :: Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /..
Went :: Went (n.) Course; way; path; journey; direction.
Tangentially :: Tangentially (adv.) In the direction of a tangent.
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Transition :: Transition (n.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
Parabola :: Parabola (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus..
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