| Direct (direct) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Di*rect" |
| [L. directus,
p. p. of dirigere to direct: cf. F. direct. See
Dress, and cf. Dirge.] |
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the
short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line;
direct means.
Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or
swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Immediate; express; plain;
unambiguous.
In the line of descent; not collateral;
as, a descendant in the direct line.
In the direction of the
general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the
signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial
body.
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| Direct (direct) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Di*rect" |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Directed] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Directing.] |
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.
To point out or show to (any one), as the
direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way;
as, he directed me to the left-hand road.
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.
To point out to with authority; to
instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to
go.
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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| Direct (direct) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Di*rect" |
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To give
direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
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| Direct (direct) |
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| n. | |
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| Di*rect" |
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A
character, thus [(?)], placed at the end of a staff on the line or
space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer
of its situation.
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| Direct (direct) |
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| a. | |
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| Di*rect" |
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Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people
through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or
delegates; as, direct nomination, direct
legislation.
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