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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ordering \Or"der*ing\, n. Disposition; distribution; management. --South. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ordering n 1: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements of a group "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" [syn: {order}] 2: putting in order "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" [syn: {order}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: ordering A relation. See {partial ordering}, {pre-order}, {total ordering}.
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