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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Series  \Se"ries\,  n. 
  1.  (Bot.)  In  Engler's  system  of  plant  classification,  a  group 
  of  families  showing  certain  structural  or  morphological 
  relationships.  It  corresponds  to  the  {cohort}  of  some 
  writers,  and  to  the  {order}  of  many  modern  systematists. 
 
  2.  (Elec.)  A  mode  of  arranging  the  separate  parts  of  a 
  circuit  by  connecting  them  successively  end  to  end  to  form 
  a  single  path  for  the  current;  --  opposed  to  {parallel}. 
  The  parts  so  arranged  are  said  to  be 
 
  {in  series}. 
 
  3.  (Com.)  A  parcel  of  rough  diamonds  of  assorted  qualities. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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;  system;  as: 
  a  Of  material  things  like  the  books  in  a  library. 
  b  Of  intellectual  notions  or  ideas,  like  the  topics  of  a 
  discource. 
  c  Of  periods  of  time  or  occurrences,  and  the  like 
 
  The  side  chambers  were  .  .  .  thirty  in  order 
  --Ezek.  xli. 
  6. 
 
  Bright-harnessed  angels  sit  in  order 
  serviceable.  --Milton. 
 
  Good  order  is  the  foundation  of  all  good  things 
  --Burke. 
 
  2.  Right  arrangement;  a  normal,  correct,  or  fit  condition; 
  as  the  house  is  in  order  the  machinery  is  out  of  order 
  --Locke. 
 
  3.  The  customary  mode  of  procedure;  established  system,  as  in 
  the  conduct  of  debates  or  the  transaction  of  business; 
  usage;  custom;  fashion.  --Dantiel. 
 
  And  pregnant  with  his  grander  thought,  Brought  the 
  old  order  into  doubt.  --Emerson. 
 
  4.  Conformity  with  law  or  decorum;  freedom  from  disturbance; 
  general  tranquillity;  public  quiet;  as  to  preserve  order 
  in  a  community  or  an  assembly. 
 
  5.  That  which  prescribes  a  method  of  procedure;  a  rule  or 
  regulation  made  by  competent  authority;  as  the  rules  and 
  orders  of  the  senate. 
 
  The  church  hath  authority  to  establish  that  for  an 
  order  at  one  time  which  at  another  time  it  may 
  abolish.  --Hooker. 
 
  6.  A  command;  a  mandate;  a  precept;  a  direction. 
 
  Upon  this  new  fright,  an  order  was  made  by  both 
  houses  for  disarming  all  the  papists  in  England. 
  --Clarendon. 
 
  7.  Hence:  A  commission  to  purchase,  sell  or  supply  goods;  a 
  direction,  in  writing,  to  pay  money,  to  furnish  supplies, 
  to  admit  to  a  building,  a  place  of  entertainment,  or  the 
  like  as  orders  for  blankets  are  large 
 
  In  those  days  were  pit  orders  --  beshrew  the 
  uncomfortable  manager  who  abolished  them  --Lamb. 
 
  8.  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  group  or 
  division  of  men  in  the  same  social  or  other  position; 
  also  a  distinct  character,  kind  or  sort;  as  the  higher 
  or  lower  orders  of  society;  talent  of  a  high  order 
 
  They  are  in  equal  order  to  their  several  ends 
  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  Various  orders  various  ensigns  bear.  --Granville. 
 
  Which  to  his  order  of  mind,  must  have  seemed  little 
  short  of  crime.  --Hawthorne. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Order  \Or"der\,  v.  i. 
  To  give  orders  to  issue  commands. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Order  \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  reference  to  an  end  Hence 
  to  regulate;  to  dispose;  to  direct;  to  rule 
 
  To  him  that  ordereth  his  conversation  aright.  --Ps. 
  1.  23. 
 
  Warriors  old  with  ordered  spear  and  shield. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  give  an  order  to  to  command;  as  to  order  troops  to 
  advance. 
 
  3.  To  give  an  order  for  to  secure  by  an  order  as  to  order 
  a  carriage;  to  order  groceries. 
 
  4.  (Eccl.)  To  admit  to  holy  orders  to  ordain;  to  receive 
  into  the  ranks  of  the  ministry. 
 
  These  ordered  folk  be  especially  titled  to  God. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Persons  presented  to  be  ordered  deacons.  --Bk.  of 
  Com.  Prayer. 
 
  {Order  arms}  (Mil.),  the  command  at  which  a  rifle  is  brought 
  to  a  position  with  its  but  resting  on  the  ground;  also 
  the  position  taken  at  such  a  command. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
 
 
  Note:  In  modern  law,  proposal  and  acceptance  are  the 
  constituent  elements  into  which  all  contracts  are 
  resolved. 
 
  {Acceptance  of  a  bill  of  exchange},  {check},  {draft},  or 
  {order},  is  an  engagement  to  pay  it  according  to  the  terms. 
  This  engagement  is  usually  made  by  writing  the  word 
  ``accepted''  across  the  face  of  the  bill. 
 
  {Acceptance  of  goods},  under  the  statute  of  frauds,  is  an 
  intelligent  acceptance  by  a  party  knowing  the  nature  of 
  the  transaction. 
 
  6.  Meaning;  acceptation.  [Obs.] 
 
  {Acceptance  of  persons},  partiality,  favoritism.  See  under 
  {Accept}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  order 
  n  1:  (often  plural)  a  command  given  by  a  superior  (e.g.,  a 
  military  or  law  enforcement  officer)  that  must  be 
  obeyed;  "the  British  ships  dropped  anchor  and  waited  for 
  orders  from  London" 
  2:  a  degree  in  a  continuum  of  size  or  quantity;  "it  was  on  the 
  order  of  a  mile";  "an  explosion  of  a  low  order  of 
  magnitude"  [syn:  {order  of  magnitude}] 
  3:  established  customary  state  esp.  of  society;  "order  ruled  in 
  the  streets";  "law  and  order"  [ant:  {disorder}] 
  4:  logical  or  comprehensible  arrangement  of  separate  elements 
  of  a  group  "we  shall  consider  these  questions  in  the 
  inverse  order  of  their  presentation"  [syn:  {ordering}] 
  5:  a  condition  of  regular  or  proper  arrangement:  "he  put  his 
  desk  in  order";  "put  the  chessmen  in  order"  [syn:  {orderliness}] 
  [ant:  {disorderliness},  {disorderliness}] 
  6:  a  legally  binding  command  or  decision  entered  on  the  court 
  record  (as  if  issued  by  a  court  or  judge);  "a  friend  in 
  New  Mexico  said  that  the  order  caused  no  trouble  out 
  there"  [syn:  {decree},  {edict},  {fiat},  {rescript}] 
  7:  a  commercial  document  used  to  request  someone  to  supply 
  something  in  return  for  payment;  "IBM  received  an  order 
  for  a  hundred  computers"  [syn:  {purchase  order}] 
  8:  a  formal  association  of  people  with  similar  interests;  "he 
  joined  a  golf  club";  "they  formed  a  small  lunch  society"; 
  "men  from  the  fraternal  order  will  staff  the  soup  kitchen 
  today"  [syn:  {club},  {society},  {guild},  {gild},  {lodge}] 
  9:  a  body  of  rules  followed  by  an  assembly  [syn:  {rules  of 
  order},  {parliamentary  law},  {parliamentary  procedure}] 
  10:  (biology)  taxonomic  group  containing  one  or  more  families 
  11:  putting  in  order  "there  were  mistakes  in  the  ordering  of 
  items  on  the  list"  [syn:  {ordering}] 
  v  1:  tell  somebody  to  do  something  "I  said  to  him  to  go  home"; 
  "She  ordered  him  to  do  the  shopping"  [syn:  {tell},  {enjoin}, 
  {say}] 
  2:  make  a  request  for  something  "Order  me  some  flowers"; 
  "order  a  work  stoppage" 
  3:  issue  commands  or  orders  for  [syn:  {prescribe},  {dictate}] 
  4:  impose  regulations  on  [syn:  {regulate},  {regularize},  {govern}] 
  [ant:  {deregulate}] 
  5:  bring  order  to  or  into  "Order  these  files"  [ant:  {disorder}] 
  6:  place  in  a  certain  order  "order  these  files" 
  7:  of  clerical  posts;  "he  was  ordained  in  the  Church"  [syn:  {ordain}, 
  {consecrate}] 
  8:  arrange  thoughts,  ideas,  temporal  events,  etc.;  "arrange  my 
  schedule;"  "set  up  one's  life";  "I  put  these  memories  with 
  those  of  bygone  times"  [syn:  {arrange},  {set  up},  {put}] 
  9:  assign  a  rank  or  rating  to  "how  would  you  rank  these 
  students?"  [syn:  {rate},  {rank},  {range},  {grade},  {place}] 




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