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verb
noun
- An edict or law.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
verb
- To decree.
- To predestine.
- (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- To prearrange unalterably.
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority
- appoint to a clerical posts
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- issue an order
verb
- decree or ordain
- determine by choice
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
noun
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
noun
- One having authority to direct.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- (UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- One who goes first.
- (meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- (film, printing) A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
- a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
noun
- a decree that prohibits something
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
- an official prohibition or edict against something
- The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
- A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
- A prohibition.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
verb
- ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- expel from a community or group
- prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
- forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
- (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
- (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
noun
- a decree that prohibits something
- the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
- refusal to approve or assent to
- A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
- A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
- An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
noun
- An authority; a behalf.
- by the sanction or authority of
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
verb
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
noun
adj
- Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
- Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
- of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
- concerned with practical matters
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
noun
- An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
- (attributive) (Pertaining to) fiat currency.
- Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
verb
adj
- decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice
- relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
- expressing careful judgment
- belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
- Of or relating to the administration of justice.
- Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
- Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
- Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
- (Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
noun
noun
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
verb
- (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- form a critical opinion of
- determine the result of (a competition)
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- pronounce judgment on
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
prep_phrase
- (law, of a judge) Presiding over a court.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, bench.
- (sports, of a member of a team in competition) Not playing in an ongoing game, either waiting to replace an active player or removed from competition by injury, penalty, etc.
- (historical, UK military, of a captain) Waiting to command his first vessel and assume the position of post-captain, ensuring further promotion will remain a matter of seniority rather than merit or ability.
noun
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- a condensed written summary or abstract
adj
verb
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
verb
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- instruct or command with authority
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- a group of representatives or delegates
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
verb
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- a message describing how something is to be done
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
- formal and explicit approval
- a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price
- (military, countable) Ellipsis of warrant officer.
- (countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
- (countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
- (law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
- (finance, countable) An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
- (countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
- (mining, uncountable) Underclay in a coal mine.
- (New Zealand, road transport, countable) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
- Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
verb
- provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)
- stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
- (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
- (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
- (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
- (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.
noun
- an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
- (UK) A similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested. The post still exists with respect to the UK House of Commons, but is largely ceremonial.
- (UK, historical) An officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
verb
- decree or designate beforehand
- assign a name or title to
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- design or destine
- To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
adj
verb
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Death.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
phrase
verb
noun
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
noun
- The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
- the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
- a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
- the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
noun
- A royal messenger, (particularly) one with the authority to execute warrants.
- (heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
- (law enforcement, by extension) A warrant officer.
- (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge.
adj
- of or relating to a magistrate
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
- Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
- Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.
- Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.
verb
noun
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
- established customary state (especially of society)
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- a group of person living under a religious rule
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
- (Christianity) An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- (countable) An association of knights.
- (sciences, engineering, logic) Scale: size or scope.
- (order theory) A partially ordered set.
- (algebra, of a monomial) The sum of the exponents of the variables involved in the expression.
- (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
- (countable) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
- (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
- (graph theory, of a graph) The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).
- (set theory, of a set or algebraic structure) The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).
- A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- Any group of people with common interests.
- (countable) A command.
- (electronics) A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- (order theory) The relation with which a partially ordered set is equipped.
- (finance) A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (group theory, of an element g of a group G) The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation multiplicatively) gⁿ is the identity element of G, if such an n exists; if no such n exists the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
- (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
- (countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- (algebra, of a polynomial in one variable) The order of the leading monomial; (equivalently) the largest power of the variable involved in the given expression.
- (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- issue commands or orders for
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- bring order to or into
- make a request for something
- appoint to a clerical posts
- place in a certain order
- assign a rank or rating to
- (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
- (transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.
- (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
- To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
noun
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- the act of rewriting something
- something that has been written again
- a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- A duplicate copy of a legal document.
- (historical law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
- A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
- (canon law) An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.
verb
noun
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
verb
noun
- persons who administer the law
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
adj
prep
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- Following a noun.
- (horse breeding) Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).
- (chiefly Yeshivish) At; with; among.
- Per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- (not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Following a passive verb.
- Near or next to.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- (mathematics) multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- (nautical) in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adj
adv
- (uncommon outside the phrase 'put by') Aside, away.
- In the vicinity, near.
- Along a path which runs past someone or something.
- (uncommon except in set phrases) Beyond or past a certain point.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
noun
verb
noun
- An edict or law.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
noun
- One having authority to direct.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- (UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- One who goes first.
- (meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- (film, printing) A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
- a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
noun
- a decree that prohibits something
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
- an official prohibition or edict against something
- The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
- A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
- A prohibition.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
verb
- ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- expel from a community or group
- prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
- forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
- (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
- (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
noun
- a decree that prohibits something
- the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
- refusal to approve or assent to
- A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
- A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
- An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
noun
- An authority; a behalf.
- by the sanction or authority of
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
verb
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
noun
adj
- Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
- Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
- of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
- concerned with practical matters
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
noun
- An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
- (attributive) (Pertaining to) fiat currency.
- Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
verb
noun
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
verb
- (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- form a critical opinion of
- determine the result of (a competition)
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- pronounce judgment on
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- a condensed written summary or abstract
adj
verb
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
verb
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- instruct or command with authority
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- a group of representatives or delegates
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
verb
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- a message describing how something is to be done
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
- formal and explicit approval
- a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price
- (military, countable) Ellipsis of warrant officer.
- (countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
- (countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
- (law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
- (finance, countable) An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
- (countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
- (mining, uncountable) Underclay in a coal mine.
- (New Zealand, road transport, countable) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
- Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
verb
- provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)
- stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
- (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
- (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
- (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
- (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.
noun
- an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands
- (UK) A similar officer who attends on each House of Parliament, and arrests any person ordered by the House to be arrested. The post still exists with respect to the UK House of Commons, but is largely ceremonial.
- (UK, historical) An officer who attends upon the Lord Chancellor with the mace, and who executes various writs of process in the course of a Chancery suit.
noun
- The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
- the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
- a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
- the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
noun
- A royal messenger, (particularly) one with the authority to execute warrants.
- (heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
- (law enforcement, by extension) A warrant officer.
- (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge.
noun
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
- established customary state (especially of society)
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- a group of person living under a religious rule
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
- (Christianity) An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- (countable) An association of knights.
- (sciences, engineering, logic) Scale: size or scope.
- (order theory) A partially ordered set.
- (algebra, of a monomial) The sum of the exponents of the variables involved in the expression.
- (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
- (countable) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
- (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
- (graph theory, of a graph) The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).
- (set theory, of a set or algebraic structure) The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).
- A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- Any group of people with common interests.
- (countable) A command.
- (electronics) A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- (order theory) The relation with which a partially ordered set is equipped.
- (finance) A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (group theory, of an element g of a group G) The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation multiplicatively) gⁿ is the identity element of G, if such an n exists; if no such n exists the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
- (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
- (countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- (algebra, of a polynomial in one variable) The order of the leading monomial; (equivalently) the largest power of the variable involved in the given expression.
- (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- issue commands or orders for
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- bring order to or into
- make a request for something
- appoint to a clerical posts
- place in a certain order
- assign a rank or rating to
- (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
- (transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.
- (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
- To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
noun
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- the act of rewriting something
- something that has been written again
- a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- A duplicate copy of a legal document.
- (historical law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
- A rewriting, a document copied or written again.
- (canon law) An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.
verb
noun
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
verb
noun
- persons who administer the law
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
adj
verb
noun
- An edict or law.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
verb
- To decree.
- To predestine.
- (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- To prearrange unalterably.
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority
- appoint to a clerical posts
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- issue an order
verb
- decree or ordain
- determine by choice
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
noun
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
verb
- decree or designate beforehand
- assign a name or title to
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- design or destine
- To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
adj
verb
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Death.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
phrase
verb
noun
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
verb
adj
- decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice
- relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
- expressing careful judgment
- belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
- Of or relating to the administration of justice.
- Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
- Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
- Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
- (Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
noun
adj
- of or relating to a magistrate
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
- Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
- Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.
- Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.