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Ordered

adjective

1.

Having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule.

2.

Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. Synonym: arranged. "Haphazardly arranged interlobular septa" , "Comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"

3.

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

Order

verb

(past & past part. ordered; pres. part. ordering)

1.

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. Synonyms: enjoin, say, tell. "She ordered him to do the shopping" , "The mother told the child to get dressed"

2.

Make a request for something. "Order a work stoppage"

3.

Issue commands or orders for. Synonyms: dictate, prescribe.

4.

Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. Synonyms: govern, regularise, regularize, regulate. "This town likes to regulate"

5.

Bring order to or into.

6.

Place in a certain order.

7.

Appoint to a clerical posts. Synonyms: consecrate, ordain, ordinate.

8.

Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. Synonyms: arrange, put, set up. "Set up one's life" , "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

9.

Assign a rank or rating to. Synonyms: grade, place, range, rank, rate. "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

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"Ordered" Quotes from Famous Books

... however, was found—not even a book with a name on it—to tell who the strangers were. With hundreds of others, no doubt, they had left their homes, full of life and hope, to seek their fortunes in the land of gold; but the Director of man's steps had ordered it otherwise, and their golden dreams had ended with their lives in the ...

— The Golden Dream - Adventures in the Far West • R.M. Ballantyne

... "Hewitt," he ordered, "take the subway and whip up to Delmonico's. Talk to the taxi-starter till a messenger-boy brings a letter for the D.A. Let the boy deliver the note, and then trail him till he reports to the man he got it from. Bring the man here. If it's a district messenger and he doesn't report, ...

— Somewhere in France • Richard Harding Davis

... time the book appeared he had left Spain, and, as fate ordered it, for twelve years, the most eventful ones of his life. Giulio, afterwards Cardinal, Acquaviva had been sent at the end of 1568 to Philip II by the Pope on a mission, partly of condolence, partly political, and on his return to Rome, which was somewhat brusquely ...

— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... entered the dining-room with the corkscrew in the last cork, and found that during his absence Lenora had ordered fresh glasses ...

— The Poor Gentleman • Hendrik Conscience

... midnight, everything was noiseless; but when the first streak of the dawn showed itself over the mountains, a sharp voice hailed the forecastle, and ordered the ship unmoored. ...

— Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas • Herman Melville

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