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† dirigent, a. and n. Obs.|ˈdɪrɪdʒənt|
[ad. L. dīrigent-em, pr. pple. of dīrigĕre to direct.]
A. adj.
1. That directs, directing, directive.
1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. ix. 359 Imperant only, not elicient; dirigent, not exequent, as your School-men loue to speak.
2. Pharm. Formerly applied to certain ingredients in prescriptions which were held to guide the action of the rest.
1851–60in Mayne Expos. Lex.
3. Geom. (See quot.)
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. (J.), The dirigent line in geometry is that along which the line describent is carried in the generation of any figure.
B. n.
1. = director 1.
1756T. Amory Life Buncle (1770) I. xiii. 45 You will be the guide and dirigent of all my notions and my days.
2. Pharm. A dirigent ingredient: cf. A. 2.
1854–67C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol. 217 Dirigent, that constituent in a prescription which directs the action of the associated substances.
3. Geom. A dirigent line: see A. 3.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Dirigent, the Line of Motion along which, the Describent Line or Surface is carry'd in the Genesis or Production of any plain or solid Figure. 1796in Hutton Math. Dict. |