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verb

Order v. t. (past & past part. ordered; pres. part. ordering)

To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule. "To him that ordereth his conversation aright." "Warriors old with ordered spear and shield."

To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

(Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry. "These ordered folk be especially titled to God." "Persons presented to be ordered deacons."

Order arms (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought to a position with its butt resting on the ground; also, the position taken at such a command.

Order v. i. To give orders; to issue commands.

adjective

ordered adj.

Having or evincing a systematic arrangement; especially, having elements succeeding in order according to rule; as, an ordered sequence; an ordered pair. Opposite of disordered or unordered. (Narrower terms: abecedarian, alphabetical; consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive)

Arranged in order.

Synonyms: orderly, regulated.

In good order.

Synonyms: so(predicate).

Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. OPposite of disarranged.

Synonyms: arranged.

Arranged according to a quantitative criterion.

Synonyms: graded, ranked.

Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.

Synonyms: consistent, logical, orderly.

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Etymology of 'Ordered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... (Roman priests whose duty it was to act as guardians of the public faith) refused to recognize the identity of Mercury with Hermes, and ordered him to be represented with a sacred branch as the emblem of peace, instead of the Caduceus. In later times, however, he was completely identified with ...

— Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome • E.M. Berens

... colony often approved the object, and admired the ingenuity of its execution. A new colonial minister, in the hurry of his office, gladly surrendered to the governor's judgment a question often beyond his comprehension, and which to resist it was necessary to understand. Thus it was ordered to execute public works by contract instead of the gangs; to levy a tax on convict labor; to retain men seven years in chains. Boards, or commissions, which gave him the aspect of a mediator or judge, advised him to postpone and quash the disagreeable order or restriction. ...

— The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) • John West

... considered exactly fair, as Holman seemed to be getting rich the fastest, and as there was no law to govern them they held a free country court of their own, and decided the case to suit themselves; so they ordered Holman to come back and do his own work. No fault was found with the hired man but what he did his work well enough, but they were jealous and would not ...

— Death Valley in '49 • William Lewis Manly

... Hall of Justice had already been despatched with their weighty human load; thus it was that only a rough wooden cart, hoodless and rickety, was available, and into this Droulde and Juliette were ordered to mount. ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... the captain letting him go, and telling him to go forward. As the man complied, he fell in with the chief mate, who attacked him afresh, and beat him very severely. The man now went below, and was about to turn in, as the captain had ordered,—which renders it probable he had been drinking,—when the second mate, possibly ignorant of what had occurred, missing him from his duty, went below, and beat him up on deck again. These different ...

— Ned Myers • James Fenimore Cooper

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