Ordain
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English
Verb
Ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained)
- to prearrange unalterably
- to decree
- to admit into the ministry of the Christian church
- to authorize as a rabbi
- to predestine
Thesaurus
allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to, assign, assign to, authorize, bid, call on, call the signals, call upon, canonize, carry on, charge, command, commission, consecrate, constitute, declare, declare lawful, decree, designate, destinate, destine, detail, devote, dictate, direct, doom, earmark, enact, enact laws, enjoin, enlist, enroll, establish, fate, filibuster, foredoom, formulate, frock, get the floor, give an order, give the word, have the floor, impose, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, instruct, invest, issue a command, issue a writ, keep, kill, lay down, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lobby through, logroll, lot, make a regulation, make assignments, make legal, manage, mandate, mark, mark off, mark out for, name, nominate, operate, order, order about, ordinate, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, portion off, prescribe, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, put in force, put through, railroad through, regulate, reserve, restrict, restrict to, roll logs, rule, run, saint, sanction, say the word, schedule, select, set, set apart, set aside, set off, sign on, sign up, tab, table, tag, take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floor
Etymology
From Middle English < Old French < Latin ordinare (“to order”) < ordo (“order”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Translations
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See also
External links
- Ordain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Ordain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Ordain at OneLook Dictionary Search
