Webster's Dictionary 1913

1405

Ordeal (2)

Or″de‐al, a. Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.

1406

Order

Or″der (?), n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; ...

1407

Order (2)

Or″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ordering.] [From Order, n.] 1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with...

1408

Order (3)

Or″der, v. i. To give orders; to issue commands.

1409

Orderable

Or″der‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being ordered; tractable.Being very orderable in all his sickness. Fuller.

1410

Orderer

Or″der‐er (?), n. 1. One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.2. One who gives orders.

1411

Ordering

Or″der‐ing, n. Disposition; distribution; management. South.

1412

Orderless

Or″der‐less, a. Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.

1413

Orderliness

Or″der‐li‐ness (?), n. The state or quality of being orderly.

1414

Orderly

Or″der‐ly, a. 1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton.2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not u...

1415

Orderly (2)

Or″der‐ly (?), adv. According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.You are blunt; go to it orderly. Shak.

1416

Orderly (3)

Or″der‐ly, n.; pl.Orderlies (�). 1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.Orderlies were app...

1417

Ordinability

Or′di‐na‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Capability of being ordained or appointed. Bp. Bull.

1418

Ordinable

Or″di‐na‐ble (?), a. [See Ordinate, Ordain.] Capable of being ordained or appointed.

1419

Ordinal

Or″di‐nal (?), a. [L. ordinalis, fr. ordo, ordinis, order. See Order.] 1. Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.2. Of or pertaining ...

1420

Ordinal (2)

Or″di‐nal, n. 1. A word or number denoting order or succession.2. (Ch. of Eng.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.3. (R. C....

1421

Ordinalism

Or″di‐nal‐ism (?), n. The state or quality of being ordinal. Latham.

1422

Ordinance

Or″di‐nance (?), n. [OE. ordenance, OF. ordenance, F. ordonnance. See Ordain, and cf. Ordnance, Ordonnance.]1. Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. Spenser.They had made...

1423

Ordinand

Or″di‐nand′ (?), n. [L. ordinandus, gerundive of ordinare. See Ordain.] One about to be ordained.

1424

Ordinant

Or″di‐nant (?), a. [L. ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare. See Ordain.] Ordaining; decreeing. Shak.

1425

Ordinant (2)

Or″di‐nant, n. One who ordains. F. G. Lee.

1426

Ordinarily

Or″di‐na‐ri‐ly (?), adv. According to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe.Those who ordina...

1427

Ordinary

Or″di‐na‐ry (?), a. [L. ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis, order: cf. F. ordinaire. See Order.] 1. According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. “The ordinary forms ...

1428

Ordinary (2)

Or″di‐na‐ry, n.; pl.Ordinaries (–rĭz). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has imme...

1429

Ordinaryship

Or″di‐na‐ry‐ship (?), n. The state of being an ordinary. Fuller.

1430

Ordinate

Or″di‐nate (?), a. [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.] Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. “A life blissful and ordinate.” Chaucer.Ordinate figure(Math.), a f...

1431

Ordinate (2)

Or″di‐nate, n.(Geom.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line cal...