Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DIRE

DIRE, adjective [Latin] Dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; evil in a great degree.DIRE was the tossing, deep the groans.

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DIRECT

DIRECT, adjective [Latin, to make straight. See Right.]1. Straight; right; as, to pass in a direct line from one body or place to another. It is opposed to crooked, winding, obl...

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DIRECTED

DIRECTED, participle passive Aimed; pointed; guided; regulated; governed; ordered; instructed.

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DIRECTER

DIRECTER, noun A director, which see.

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DIRECTING

DIRECTING, participle present tense Aiming; pointing; guiding; regulating; governing; ordering.

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DIRECTION

DIRECTION, noun [Latin]1. Aim at a certain point; a pointing towards, in a straight line or course; as, the direction of good works to a good end.2. The line in which a body mov...

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DIRECTIVE

DIRECTIVE, adjective1. Having the power of direction; as a directive rule.2. Informing; instructing; shewing way.

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DIRECTLY

DIRECTLY, adverb1. In a straight lin or course; rectilineally; not in a winding course. Aim directly to the object. Gravity tends directly to the center of the earth.2. Immediat...

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DIRECTNESS

DIRECTNESS, noun Straightness; a straight course; nearness of way.

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DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR, noun1. One who directs; one who superintends, governs or manages; one who prescribes to others, by virtue of authority; an instructor; a counselor.2. That which direct...

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DIRECTORIAL

DIRECTORIAL, adjective Pertaining to directors or direction; containing direction or command.

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DIRECTORY

DIRECTORY, adjective Containing directions; enjoining; instructing.DIRECTORY, noun1. A guide; a rule to direct; particularly, a book containing directions for public worship, or...

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DIRECTRESS

DIRECTRESS, noun A female who directs or manages.

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DIRECTRIX

DIRECTRIX, noun A female who governs or directs.

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DIREFUL

DIREFUL, adjective [See Dire.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; as direful fiend; a direful misfortune.

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DIREFULLY

DIREFULLY, adverb Dreadfully; terribly; woefully.

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DIREMPTION

DIREMPTION, noun [Latin] A separation.

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DIRENESS

DIRENESS, noun Terribleness; horror; dismalness.

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DIREPTION

DIREPTION, noun [Latin] The act of plundering.

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DIRGE

DIRGE, noun Durj. [Latin, a word used in the funeral service.] A song or tune intended to express grief, sorrow and mourning; as a funeral dirge

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DIRIGENT

DIRIGENT, DIRECTRIX, noun [See Direct.] In geometry, the line of motion along which the describent line or surface is carried in the generation of any plane or solid figure.

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DIRK

DIRK, noun Durk. A kind of dagger or poniard.DIRK, adjective Durk. Dark.DIRK, verb transitive durk.1. To darken.2. To poniard; to stab.

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DIRT

DIRT, n durt.1. Any foul or filthy substance; excrement; earth; mud; mire; dust; whatever adhering to any thing, renders it foul or unclean.The fat closed, and the dirt came out...

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DIRTILY

DIRTILY, adverb Durtily. [from dirty.]1. In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily.2. Meanly; sordidly; by low means.

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DIRTINESS

DIRTINESS, noun Durtiness.1. Filthiness; foulness; nastiness.2. Meanness; baseness; sordidness.

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DIRTY

DIRTY, adjective Durty.1. Foul; nasty; filthy; not clean; as dirty hands.2. Not clean; not pure; turbid; as dirty water.3. Cloudy; dark; dusky; as a dirty white.4. Mean; base; l...

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DIRUPTION

DIRUPTION, noun [Latin, to burst.] A bursting or rending asunder. [See Disruption.]