One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Ma…
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
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One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Ma…
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A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.
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Alt. of Athenaeum
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A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
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The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
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A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
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The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
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See Closure, 5.
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A state of agreement; harmony; union.
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Agreement; accordance.
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The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by Willia…
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An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal…
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One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
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One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
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The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.
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The complete set of genes or genetic material in an organism
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of Grade
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The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such…
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To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…
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To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
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The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.
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Regular order or proper condition.
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See Kelter.
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A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
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The mouth of a river; an estuary.
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A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose
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The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government a…
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A presbyter elder; a minister
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Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general…
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The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
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The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…
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In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
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One who reads.
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To order a second time.
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The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
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A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…
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The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a stru…
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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…
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One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.
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The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succe…
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The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
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The quality or state of being tidy.
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The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
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A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
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The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
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The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
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The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.
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To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
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of Bid
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To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…
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To cut off; to separate.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
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The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
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To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.
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To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
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The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
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To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
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To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to…
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To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
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A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…
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Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.
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The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.
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To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…
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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
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Directed; prescribed.
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The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…
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The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…
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A cutting; a scion.
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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
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State; condition; position of affairs.
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An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
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To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
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To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
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The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…
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Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
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Arranged; furnished; provided.
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An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
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A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…
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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…
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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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To order a second time.
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To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
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The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
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To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.
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To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
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To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
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To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize o…
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To reduce to system; to systematize.
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The wren; -- called also tiddy.
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To refuse.
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To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
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A girdle; a cincture.
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To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.
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To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.
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The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
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The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
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One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
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One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
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The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
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The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
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One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.
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One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.
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Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
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Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
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Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
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To cause to become regular; to regulate.
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To cause to become regular; to regulate.
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…
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The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…
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A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous pla…
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To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
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A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.
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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
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An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…
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To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.
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A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…
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To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
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An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
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To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.
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A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…
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An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or cor…
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A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.
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To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
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of Order
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The state or quality of being orderly.
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Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
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The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…
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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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A pit.
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To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
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Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
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To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
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To cause to become regular; to regulate.
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To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.
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The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
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Saw.
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The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
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To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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