Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OR'DER
OR'DER, v.t.
- To regulate; to methodize; to systemize; to adjust; to subject to system in management and execution; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence.
- To lead; to conduct; to subject to rules or laws. To him that ordereth his conversation aright, will I show the salvation of God. Ps. 1.
- To direct; to command. The general ordered his troops to advance.
- To manage; to treat. How shall we order the child? Judges xiii.
- To ordain. [Not used.] Whitgifte.
- To direct; to dispose in any particular manner. Order my steps in thy word. Ps. cxix.
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