ordainv.

Brit.

/ɔːˈdeɪn/, U.S.

/ɔrˈdeɪn/

Forms: Middle English hordan, Middle English horden, Middle English hordeyne, Middle English ordainy, Middle English ordand, Middle English ordande, Middle English ordayny, Middle English ordeigne, Middle English ordeini, Middle English ordeinie, Middle English ordeiny, Middle English ordende, Middle English ordeni, Middle English ordeny, Middle English ordeyni, Middle English ordeynne, Middle English ordyne, Middle English wordeyn, Middle English–1500s ordan, Middle English–1500s ordane, Middle English–1500s orden, Middle English–1500s ordene, Middle English–1500s ordonne, Middle English–1600s ordaine, Middle English–1600s ordayn, Middle English–1600s ordayne, Middle English–1600s ordein, Middle English–1600s ordeine, Middle English–1600s ordeygne, Middle English–1600s ordeyn, Middle English–1600s ordeyne, Middle English–1600s ordine, Middle English– ordain, 1500s ordenne; Scottish pre-1700 ardent (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 hordan, pre-1700 ordaine, pre-1700 ordainted (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 ordan, pre-1700 ordand, pre-1700 ordande, pre-1700 ordane, pre-1700 ordann, pre-1700 ordayn, pre-1700 ordayne, pre-1700 ordean, pre-1700 ordeane, pre-1700 ordeien, pre-1700 ordeiene, pre-1700 ordein, pre-1700 ordeine, pre-1700 orden, pre-1700 ordend, pre-1700 ordene, pre-1700 ordeyn, pre-1700 ordien, pre-1700 ordin, pre-1700 ordine, pre-1700 ordon, pre-1700 ordone, pre-1700 ordyne, pre-1700 ourdan, pre-1700 ourdane, pre-1700 1700s– ordain, pre-1700 1800s– ordeen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ordener, ordain-, ordonner.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ordener, ordainer, ordeigner, ordeiner, ordiner, ordonner, hordiner, and Old French, Middle French ordener (also with strong stem forms ordain-, ordein-, ordeign-), ordonner (French ordonner ) to arrange in order (1119), to give (someone) a responsibility (first half of 12th cent.), to establish something in a particular state (first half of 12th cent.), to arrange in ranks (c1140), to confer holy orders on (c1140), to command (c1165), (of God) to determine, appoint (c1190), to submit (one's conduct, actions, etc.) to order (early 13th cent.), to elect, appoint (c1226), to determine, decide (1316), to direct or manage (something) (c1380), to arrange in order, to arrange the details of (c1390), to appoint or decide (an hour or a place) (14th cent.), to prepare (for) (14th cent.), to provide with (1409), (reflexively) to come to an agreement (mid 15th cent.) < classical Latin ōrdināre to arrange in rows, to arrange in order, to draw up, marshal, to manage, direct, regulate, to institute, to organize, to appoint (a person), in post-classical Latin also to appoint to Christian ministry (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), to confer holy orders on (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), to order, command (mid 5th cent.), to provide (9th cent. in a British source) < ōrdin- , ōrdō order n. Compare Italian ordinare (end of the 13th cent.), Spanish ordenar (1220–50), Portuguese ordenar (14th cent.).The form ordonner in French is probably after donner to give (see donnée n.).

I. To put in order, arrange, or prepare.

†1. transitive. To arrange in rows or ranks, or other regular order; esp. to draw up in order of battle; to set in array; to array, marshal, order. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in battle array

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c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) 67 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 72 He liet ordeinie is fierd wel.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 375 Þe duke and ledere of þe Sampnites..hadde i-ordeyned his oost.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 25 (MED) Ponthus and Herland ordaned the Bretaynes in array.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 304 Thair four battalis ordanit thai.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xli. f. 23^v/2 The frenchemen ordayned thre great batayls; in eche of them fyftene thousand men of armes .xx. M. men a fote.

1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline ii. 134 In what manner thy men are to bee ordeined and placed.

a. transitive. To arrange in the correct order or position; to keep in due order; to regulate, govern, direct, manage, conduct. In later use English regional (west midlands).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > regulate

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c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 144 He ordeyned wel his hous and his meyne.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii.2932 (MED) Richesse upon the comun good And noght upon the singuler Ordeigned was.

a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 1479 (MED) Er aw to ordan al bedene, Als vessel, close, & kep þam clene.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 511 Whan they had sported theymselfe ynough, they ordened the watche.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 216 (MED) Al bodely thyngis be gouernyd and ordaynyd by the Planetes and Sterris.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 270 Resonably ordenynge all her wordes and warkes to the worshyp of god.

1884 R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words & Phrases 25 Ordain, to make right, or set to rights; vaguely applied to many ways of doing so.

1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 357/1 [Worcestershire] That child wants ordaining.

†b. transitive. To decide the order or course of; to arrange, plan. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange

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a1325 Easter (Corpus Cambr.) 8 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 134 (MED) Ordeini he wolde al is dede bi þe cours of sonne & mone.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8202 (MED) To-quils wald he mak him bun At ordain þar procession.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 201 His assailȝe he ordannys wondyr sayr.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 468 Whiche voyage had ben ordayning & imagenynge thre yere before.

a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Sloane 1873) (1975) 3032 (MED) Ordeyne therfore to fech breth fro your fote.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 23 Who now begins his Progress to ordain; With Chariots, Horsemen, and a numerous train.

†3. transitive. To set up (something) to continue in a particular way; to establish or found by ordinance; to institute. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish

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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3022 Þe king..Let ordeiny [a1400 Trin. Cambr. ordeni]..& let rere up chirchen.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 145 (MED) O iustyse..dampneþ þeues for to ordeyne Peys.

1482 Monk of Evesham 81 He hordende there an hospitalle for pilgrimmys.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 193 (MED) Seint benet ordeyned the monken rull.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iii. x. f. cli To thame y^t are lyk to be drownit in hell for original syn is ordanit the buird of baptym.

1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 53 Ordeining three sorts of lawes.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 22 Daphnis did Rites to Bacchus first ordain.

4. To plan, devise, contrive; to design or intend for; to cause to be made.

a. transitive. Of a physical object or structure. In later use regional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 7 (MED) Ine þe zix dayes..he made the worlde an ordaynede.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 8311 Suilke a werke..þu sal it ordaine in þi thoght Thoru salamon it sal be wroght.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. 315 (MED) Ordeigne þe an hous, Piers, to herberwe in þi cornes.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 84 Alle this..was made and wrought in this glasse. The maister that ordeyned it was a connyng man.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xii. f. lxij A certayne man planted a vine yarde..and ordeyned a wyne presse, and bilt a toure.

1546 in Gentleman's Mag. (1825) Dec. 501 I have deuised, ordeined, and assigned unto and for the syde Peter Seinthill, the armes and crest, w^t thappurten'nces hereafter followenge.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 141 In olde time they..builded the temples of the Muses, that is to say, houses ordained for students, which they named Musaea.

1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 29 I ordained that piece of wood for an axe halve.

1900 Shetland News 12 May in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 357/1 Tell me fir da sake o' Him 'at ordeen'd dee.

†b. transitive. Of an immaterial or abstract thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 243 (MED) Virgil by his witte ordeyned remedye aȝenst þat meschief.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1254 What lust it is that he [sc. love] ordeigneth.

c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 66 (MED) Thei ordeyneden an yuel word aȝenes me.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 45 And anone ordeyned two letters.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 10 What pleasure he cowde for her ordeyne, That shuld be do.

c. transitive. With clause as object, or with infinitive. In later use English regional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

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c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 38 (MED) If thou maiste not reve hem her watir, loke that thou ordeyne forto envenyme it.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiii. 199 They caste and ordeyned both by nyght and day how they myght breng hym out of prison.

1896 Black & White 27 June 824 Maaster Applebird ordained as the picter should be done in a tallet outside the inn.

a1903 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 357/1 I have ordained to go away from home next week.

†5. transitive. To put into a particular mental condition or disposition, esp. into a good or fitting frame of mind; to predispose. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > bend, incline, or dispose > dispose to an action or state

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 24 Som ys kendeliche..milder oþer graciouser oþer atempres and wel y-ordayned.

1425 (a1400) Speculum Christiani (Lansd.) (1933) 111 (MED) As to..what þinge drawis a man to ordeine [v.rr. ordeigne, orden, ordyne] his wille to goddis wille, þere are iiii þingis.

?a1450 (?c1400) Lay Folks' Catech. (Lamb.) (1901) 59 Yf þou wilt ordeyne þy wil to haue for-ȝefnesse.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xv. sig. m ^v By these .vii. the laste commaundementes we ben perfectly & Justely ordeyned ayenst our neyghbours.

†6.

a. transitive. To prepare, make ready; equip; to provide; to put in order (for a purpose). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 152 (MED) Þe þinges þet byeþ to comene he [sc. True Belief] deþ poruay and ordayny.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 106 (MED) Þis hall es nobilly and wirschepfully arayd and ordaynd in all thinges.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 626 Engynys alsua for till Cast Thai ordanit and maid redy fast.

a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Passioun in Poems (1998) I. 37 Ordane for him ane resting place, That is so werie wrocht for the.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms vii. 13 He hath..ordened his arowes to destroye.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxiiij Chimnayes, Ranges, and suche instrumentes that there was ordained.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 367 [With] all maner of wapouns ordanitt for weir.

b. transitive. To fit out, equip, or provide (a person or thing) with (also in, of) something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit

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to furnish forth1600

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to fit up1670

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to fit out1722

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to fake out1871

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 5 But þe mercy of God had i-ordyned vs of lettres.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 26 To take from hem cause of her synne, and ordeyne þe Churche in temporal goodis.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. 399 (MED) The Castel with-Inne wel Ordeyned was Of Men of strengthes In Every plas.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 387 Than had La Beale Isode ordayned and well arayde sir Tramtryste with whyght horse and whyght armys.

1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. sig. Hj Nature..ordeined all beastes with some natural municion, as horne, spurre, tothe or naile.

†7. transitive (reflexive). To prepare oneself; make ready; to set or apply oneself to do something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)]

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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3541 (MED) Þe Amyral..had ordeynt him þer to lyn.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 20403 (MED) Oure lady..ordeyneþ hir to fare vs fro.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 242 Austin..hym-self ordeyned to sadde vs in bileue.

1493 Festivall (1515) (de Worde) f. 78^v Afterwarde he ordeyned hymself & went into the holy londe.

a1500 (?c1400) Earl of Toulous 34 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) I. 384 (MED) He ordeyned hym for batayle.

†8. intransitive. To make preparation; prepare; arrange. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > make preparations or arrangements

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to do one's homework1915

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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 259 Valter steward..He left in berwik..And ordanit fast for Apparaill, Till defend gif men vald assaill.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. viii. 6 Than the quene..ordeyned for her voyage, and made her purueyaunce.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.v^v Wyse men ought..to ordein for that that is present.

II. To decree, order, or appoint.

9. transitive. Christian Church. To confer holy orders on; to admit (a candidate) into the ministry of the church by the laying on of hands with prayer or other symbolic action; to make someone a priest or minister. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)]

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to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400

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c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 336 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 116 He was in grete fere For-to ordeinen ani Man bote he þe betere were.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 347 Þe apostles ordeyned þe lasse Iames..bisshop of Ierusalem.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21246 (MED) Men sais þat of his thumb he smate..Þat he ne preist suld ordeind be.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 31 (MED) To þe same soundun þe wordis of þe prelat ordening dekunnis.

?1553 G. Douglas Palice of Honour sig. K iii^v Thow stant ordant, as sanct, of grant maist wise.

1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Trueth of Discipline ii. 12 The Apostles ordayned bishops euery where.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 14 The Pope is not made by the precedent Pope, but by Cardinals, who ordain and consecrate to a higher and greater office then their own.

1667 in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1954) 33 172 Mr. James Donaldson that wes to be admitted and ordeand minister.

1719 Free-thinker No. 93. 1 I am a young Clergyman, Ordained the very Last Ember-Week.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. x. 227 They were..ordained to their office by prayer.

1845 H. J. Rose in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 884/1 It is shown..that the Apostles did ordain ministers by the imposition of hands, and did give them authority to ordain others.

1870 W. Arnot Life J. Hamilton iv. 168 He was ordained as minister of Roxburgh Church by the Presbytery of Edinburgh on the 21st Jany. 1841.

a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) l. 231 He would get ordained as soon as possible, and take a curacy.

1999 Daily Tel. 4 May 13/5 She was one of the first women ordained in the Church of England.

†10.

a. transitive. To appoint (a person, etc.) to a duty, position, or responsibility (occasionally with the name of the position or duty as complement). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)]

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to do something

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to knock down1759

to set on1852

a1325 St. Aldhelm (Corpus Cambr.) 33 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 212 (MED) Þe hous of Malmesburi euere so fre were Þat þe bissop ne non of his nabbe no poer þere Þat hy ordeyni hore monkes.

c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 177 With certein officers ordeyned ther fore.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11403 (MED) Þai ordeind tuelue..to wait þe stern.

1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 532/2 We ordande the same John to be Clerk of the then Sheref.

?c1475 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 591 Ordonne notable capitaines unto the keping of the same placis.

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.vi^v Wherefore are magistrates ordayned, but that the tranquillitye of the commune weale maye bee confirmed.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 93 According to promes made, he was ordeyned king.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 103 An Officer was ordained for that purpose.

1688 in Trans. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. (1868) 36/1 [They did] ordeine John Hardie..and John Tudhope..two ordinary sworne burleymen.

1809 Will of J. Kellett 19 May in P. Dow Rep. Cases House of Lords (1816) III. 250 And I also ordain, appoint, and devise the said..executors to this my last will and testament.

b. transitive. To order or appoint (a person) to do some action or fulfil some role. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commission to do something

assign1297

chargec1300

ordainc1330

commita1402

limitc1405

commisea1470

task1530

taska1592

consign1705

detail1837

betask1857

c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) 205 (MED) Ich ordainy min heiȝe steward To wite mi kingdom.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 25 (MED) Certayne persones er ordaynd to kepe þat ilke hous.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 20 Two barownes ryght so were ordayned to go on thys message.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. Contents The Leuites are ordeyned to go before with the Arke.

1579 Edinb. Test. VII. f. 132^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Ordanis thame to be collectouris ressauaris & ingadderaris thairof.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 308 Two publick servants of the king were these Ordained to carry his commandments.

†11.

a. transitive. To assign (a share, portion, or allowance) to a person; to allot. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot

givec1050

bequeatha1325

ordaina1325

assign1340

sortc1374

sign1389

betakea1400

beteacha1400

remiss1525

allot1534

carve1578

divide1600

to set off1687

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 710 (MED) Goþ now fforþ echon..to þe ffur..Þat is yordeyned to þe deuel.

c1434 J. Drury Eng. Writings in Speculum (1934) 9 77 (MED) Þe feer þat neuer xal ben qwenchid..is ordeynyd to þe fend and hese angelis.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 298 And till gret lordis, ilkane syndri, Ordanit ane felde for thar herbry.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 106 To thame for thair trauel publiklie is ordayned thair sustentatione, steddings directed, houses appoynted.

b. transitive. To appoint or assign (a person or thing) to or for a special purpose; to assign to do or be something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to a specific purpose

appropre1340

ordaina1393

appoint1526

allot1534

appropriate1605

affect1611

allocate1616

prescribe1616

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 5165 The king, which herde..Hou that this Maide ordeigned is To Mariage.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 854 (MED) Þe satyrday ys specyaly Ordeyned to wurschype oure lady.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 58 (MED) In steed of messangers..þai ordayne dowfes for to bere lettres.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 216 (MED) Thou shalt haue certayne Places I-ordeynyd by the hoste for drynkes and othyr necessaries.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health (1636) clxxvi. 159 One halfe of the yeare is ordeyned to eat fish in.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 319 Of the quhilkes horsses he ordaynet for the Erle ane.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 181 A kind of staide musicke, ordained for graue dauncing.

a1618 W. Raleigh Life & Death Mahomet (1637) 19 That day was ordayned by him to be their Sabbaoth.

12.

a. transitive. To appoint authoritatively as a thing to be observed; to decree; to enact.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to be observed

setc1000

ordainc1325

puta1475

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3025 After viftene dawes þat he adde yordeined þis To londone he wende uor to amende þat þer was amys.

1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 50 These ben þe poyntes & þe articles ordeigned of the brotherheed of seint Fabian & sebastian.

c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) 615 (MED) He ordeyned assaute anone in haste.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 110 He also ordeyned auriculer confession.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 41 Fisher Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas Moor..in prison..for opposing the Kings Marriage, and the succession of his Children to the Crown, after it was ordained in Parliament.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iii. 152 The Canons of Egbert..ordain the same thing.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 229 That which is ordained by law they term lawful and just.

1961 Observer 17 Dec. 10/3 The formal adoption of the Final Solution, ordaining the extermination of European Jewry,..on July 31, 1941.

1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind viii. 182 An incident in 1555, when the university authorities sought to revive the old style of anatomizing as ordained by the statutes.

†b. transitive. With infinitive or clause as object: to determine, settle; to resolve or agree. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb]

willOE

ordain1340

deemc1400

delibera1413

machine?c1450

order?1523

decree1526

deliberate1550

fix1788

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 29 (MED) Man ordayneþ ine his herte þet he him ne ssel naȝt uorþenche his zenne.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. viii. 98 (MED) Dowel and dobet amonges hem ordeigned To croune one to be kynge.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 24 After the soupper hit was ordeyned that on the morn the Siriens..shold reste them.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 305 Syne emang thame preualy Thai ordanit, that he still suld be In hyddillis and in preuate.

1517 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 42 This inquiert ordanes to caus tua men [to] walk.

1647 in J. Stuart Extracts Presbytery Bk. Strathbogie (1843) 78 The presbytrie..haue ordained, at the nixt..meeting, to leitt three [people for the church].

c. transitive. With infinitive or clause (now usually that-clause) as object: to order, pronounce, declare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > specific something to be done

ordaina1387

willa1525

order1535

instruct1839

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 41 (MED) It was i-ordeyned þat Esterday schulde be i-holde þe firste Sonday from þe fourtenþe day of þe mone of þe firste monthe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 14879 (MED) Þai ordent him to hange on rode.

c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 798 (MED) Ordeyne how it schal be and it schal be do.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 288 How scho furth suld caryit be, Or euir he fure, than ordanit he.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xx. 58 He ordened a grete shyppe to be made redy.

1646 S. Danforth Almanack 12 Julius Caesar the Roman Emperor, by the help of Sosigenes, an excellent Astronomer, ordeined that the Politicall yeare should consist of 365 dayes, and 6 houres.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 To shun this Ill, the cunning Leach ordains..To feed the Females, e're the Sun arise.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i. 1553 She ordains, the fair should know no Fears.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. i. 375 By this edict..it was ordained that all who were convicted of heresy should suffer death ‘by fire, by the pit, or by the sword’.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 24/1 To distinguish abbots from bishops, it was ordained that their mitre should be made of less costly material.

2002 Guardian 17 June i. 12/2 The president ordained that the centre-right's election campaign be fought solely on the issue of the dangers of a new cohabitation.

†d. intransitive. To direct, command, or pronounce. Obsolete.Cf. sense 14d.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)]

command1393

ordaina1400

dictatea1628

a1400 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Egerton) (1966) 706 (MED) As he seide, he dide ywys, And as he ordeyned, so it is.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 13 (MED) Þei turneden aȝen, as Crist himsilf ordeynede.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 446 Mine to obey; thy part is to ordain.

13. transitive. To order, command, or bid (a person to do something, or that a thing be done). Now chiefly Scots Law.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)]

i-bedea800

highteOE

bid971

bibedec1000

ordainc1325

warnc1380

commanda1382

tella1475

mand1483

wishc1515

hest1582

behight1591

order1609

mandate1623

warrant1632

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10513 (MED) He..Ordeinede þat hii ssolde..wende out.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 11189 (MED) Al þe world ordeyned he [sc. Augustus] Þat þei shulde vndir him be.

c1460 Ipomedon (Longleat) (1889) 351 (MED) He ordant him to go & serve the king.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 53 King robert..Ordanit..His marschall with a gret menȝe..For to prik emang the archeris.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark iii. f. xlvij And he ordeined the twelve that they shulde be with him.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxvi. f. 86 For so god hath ordeyned you, nature commaundeth you,..and philosophy beadeth you.

1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. f. 51^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) I..ordinis my spous..to deliuer to Robert Hammiltoun..my hors.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 525 In that day, will I ordaine..all creatures, that they shall bee helpfull unto them.

1684 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery of Dunkeld (1918) I. 228 Mr. John Constable..is ordend next day of meeting to have an popular sermon on Hebrews 12, ver. 14.

1764 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 3) 464 If one be condemned..to quit the possession of lands, and refuses..letters of ejection are granted..ordaining the Sheriff to eject him.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 197 Jove himself ordains me to bear these words on the breeze.

1957 Scots Law Times (Lexis) 1 June His Lordship ordained the defenders to lead in the proof.

1996 Times (Sc. Law Rep.) 30 Sept. 41/2 The defenders had enrolled a motion to ordain the pursuer to find caution for expenses.

14. Of God, a god, fate, etc.

†a. transitive. To destine (a person) to a lot or fate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > one's lot

ordainc1384

fortune1390

allot1566

design1593

number1611

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xiii. 48 Manye..weren byfore ordeyned [L. præordinati] to euere lastyng lyf.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23745 (MED) To traiuail ordeint is þis liue.

a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 116 Men and wymen þat er ordaynd til þe joy of heven.

1482 Monk of Evesham 36 The doers of al synnes ordente to dyuers kyndes of peynes.

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Tak the a fidill or a floyte, and geste! Wndought, thou art ordanyt to not ellis.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 198 She was by her destinie,..ordained to a most long and constant prosperitie in this world.

a1784 J. Bowdler Poems & Ess. (1786) I. 44 Tho here to narrow bounds confin'd, Ordain'd to lowly views, For ever free, the virtuous mind Her glorious path pursues.

b. transitive. To determine (something) as part of the order of the universe or of nature; to predestine.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)]

shapea1000

dightc1000

besee1297

weirda1300

destinec1300

ordainc1390

ettlea1400

destinyc1400

eure1428

fortunec1430

foreordainc1440

order1532

preordain1533

predefine1542

prefine1545

destinate1548

fore-pointa1557

fore-appoint1561

pre-ordinate1565

foreset1573

forepurpose1581

sort1592

predestinate1593

predetermine1601

pre-appoint1603

forecall1613

fatea1616

predesign1630

predeterminate1637

pre-order1640

predestine1642

ordinate1850

foreordinate1858

preset1926

c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 126 (MED) God ordeyned Merci most of miht, To beo aboue his werkes ay.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 285 (MED) Þat he ordaind [a1400 Fairf. ordenet; a1400 Trin. Cambr. ordeyned] wit his witte He multiplis and gouerns itte.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 241 (MED) Hus werdes were ordeined by wil of oure lorde.

c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 16 (MED) God suffrith the planetis forto make and holde her cours in the rewle and ordir as he ordeynyd hem.

a1500 Gesta Romanorum (Gloucester) (1971) 739 (MED) Þe fader of heven..ordende þis lawe.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 34 So Gods ordayned thee chaunce.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxvi. 12 Lord, thou wilt ordaine peace for vs.

1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 609 And all the feaveris that ewir God ordained.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 84 And Laurels, which the Gods for Conqu'ring Chiefs ordain.

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xliv. 205 It is your duty..if fate should so ordain it.

1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1874) 165/2 The moment..which God had ordained from the beginning.

1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xiii. 214 Douglas [Fairbanks] believed that our lives were ordained and that our destiny was important.

1991 K. A. Stølen in K. A. Stølen & M. Vaa Gender & Change in Developing Countries 18 Men partake of divine power so that their dominance seems natural and ordained in the order of things.

c. transitive. With clause as object, or with infinitive or other complement: to decree or appoint (a certain thing) to happen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [verb (transitive)] > foreordain

ordaina1400

predestinate?c1450

predecree1604

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 1198 (MED) Vr lauerd had ordained ȝeit A child to rise in his ospringe.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 25 (MED) God wordeyniþ him for þis synne to be putte to peyn.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1187 (MED) Our lord hath ordeinyde þat no man it fynde But only he þat is of vertuys mynde.

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxx. 45 As grund is ordand to beir seid.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 297 Rise, First Man, of Men innumerable ordain'd First Father.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) ii. 264 But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. xvi. 150 He goes with us in the path we are ordained to tread.

2003 National Post (Canada) 6 Mar. a14/6 After God has ordained this nation to rise again.

†d. intransitive. To determine, decide, or decree. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > must as decreed by fate [verb (intransitive)] > predestine

ordaina1425

revolvea1522

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7632 Ilk ane þair course obout ay mase..als God ordaynd hase.

?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 635 As Grace lyst to ordeyne.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii4 It fortuned (high God did so ordaine) As she arriued on the roring shore,..A little bote lay hoving her before.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 636 To whom thus Eve..My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unargu'd I obey; so God ordains .

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 38 But Love, their Lord, did otherwise ordain.

1855 C. Kingsley Persius in Heroes i. 2 So the Gods have ordained, and it will surely come to pass.

†15. transitive. To order (a thing) to be made, provided, or equipped. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by asking, entreaty, or importunity > by ordering

ordaina1393

speak1508

to speak of ——1600

steven1674

commission1790

tryst1825

order1836

to order up1843

indent1897

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2431 Of what Ston his sepulture Thei scholden make and what sculpture He wolde ordeine therupon.

1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 18 Okum and other stuffe ordeyned and bought for the same Ship.

1589 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Galvão in Princ. Navigations i. 80 Afterward he ordained a boate made of one tree..and went to sea in it.

1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (5 Edw. IV) 37 To ordeyne one payre of Butts for shooting within the towne or well neere.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ordain
释义	† ordainn. Forms: 1500s ordaine, 1800s ordain. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ordain v. Etymology: < ordain v. Compare earlier ordinance n. Obsolete. rare. That which is ordained; = ordinance n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute doomc825 i-setnessec900 setnessc950 edict1297 statutec1300 purveyancea1325 assize1330 ordinancec1330 decreetc1374 constitutionc1380 decree?a1400 sizea1400 stablementc1400 edictionc1470 stablishment1473 ordinationc1499 estatutea1514 placarda1530 prescript1532 golden bull1537 rescript1545 institute1546 institution1551 constitutec1561 sanction1570 decretal1588 ordain1596 decretum1602 invention1639 scite1656 dispositive1677 bull1696 ordonnance1702 subnotation1839 senatus consultum1875 fatwa1989 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune sig. F4 So strong in power is his sincere incline To Gods ordaine and holie prouidence. 1804 ‘Gabrielli’ Something Odd! II. 225 Providence, in whom we trust, whose high ordains we strive to follow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ordainv. Brit. /ɔːˈdeɪn/, U.S. /ɔrˈdeɪn/ Forms: Middle English hordan, Middle English horden, Middle English hordeyne, Middle English ordainy, Middle English ordand, Middle English ordande, Middle English ordayny, Middle English ordeigne, Middle English ordeini, Middle English ordeinie, Middle English ordeiny, Middle English ordende, Middle English ordeni, Middle English ordeny, Middle English ordeyni, Middle English ordeynne, Middle English ordyne, Middle English wordeyn, Middle English–1500s ordan, Middle English–1500s ordane, Middle English–1500s orden, Middle English–1500s ordene, Middle English–1500s ordonne, Middle English–1600s ordaine, Middle English–1600s ordayn, Middle English–1600s ordayne, Middle English–1600s ordein, Middle English–1600s ordeine, Middle English–1600s ordeygne, Middle English–1600s ordeyn, Middle English–1600s ordeyne, Middle English–1600s ordine, Middle English– ordain, 1500s ordenne; Scottish pre-1700 ardent (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 hordan, pre-1700 ordaine, pre-1700 ordainted (past tense and past participle), pre-1700 ordan, pre-1700 ordand, pre-1700 ordande, pre-1700 ordane, pre-1700 ordann, pre-1700 ordayn, pre-1700 ordayne, pre-1700 ordean, pre-1700 ordeane, pre-1700 ordeien, pre-1700 ordeiene, pre-1700 ordein, pre-1700 ordeine, pre-1700 orden, pre-1700 ordend, pre-1700 ordene, pre-1700 ordeyn, pre-1700 ordien, pre-1700 ordin, pre-1700 ordine, pre-1700 ordon, pre-1700 ordone, pre-1700 ordyne, pre-1700 ourdan, pre-1700 ourdane, pre-1700 1700s– ordain, pre-1700 1800s– ordeen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ordener, ordain-, ordonner. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ordener, ordainer, ordeigner, ordeiner, ordiner, ordonner, hordiner, and Old French, Middle French ordener (also with strong stem forms ordain-, ordein-, ordeign-), ordonner (French ordonner ) to arrange in order (1119), to give (someone) a responsibility (first half of 12th cent.), to establish something in a particular state (first half of 12th cent.), to arrange in ranks (c1140), to confer holy orders on (c1140), to command (c1165), (of God) to determine, appoint (c1190), to submit (one's conduct, actions, etc.) to order (early 13th cent.), to elect, appoint (c1226), to determine, decide (1316), to direct or manage (something) (c1380), to arrange in order, to arrange the details of (c1390), to appoint or decide (an hour or a place) (14th cent.), to prepare (for) (14th cent.), to provide with (1409), (reflexively) to come to an agreement (mid 15th cent.) < classical Latin ōrdināre to arrange in rows, to arrange in order, to draw up, marshal, to manage, direct, regulate, to institute, to organize, to appoint (a person), in post-classical Latin also to appoint to Christian ministry (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), to confer holy orders on (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), to order, command (mid 5th cent.), to provide (9th cent. in a British source) < ōrdin- , ōrdō order n. Compare Italian ordinare (end of the 13th cent.), Spanish ordenar (1220–50), Portuguese ordenar (14th cent.).The form ordonner in French is probably after donner to give (see donnée n.). I. To put in order, arrange, or prepare. †1. transitive. To arrange in rows or ranks, or other regular order; esp. to draw up in order of battle; to set in array; to array, marshal, order. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in battle array setc1275 host1297 ordainc1300 devisec1325 battle1330 arraya1375 stuffc1390 addressa1393 embattle1393 fit?a1400 stedilla1400 fewterc1440 to pitch (also set) a fielda1500 order1509 pitcha1513 deraign1528 marshal1543 re-embattle1590 size1802 form1816 c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) 67 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 72 He liet ordeinie is fierd wel. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 375 Þe duke and ledere of þe Sampnites..hadde i-ordeyned his oost. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 25 (MED) Ponthus and Herland ordaned the Bretaynes in array. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 304 Thair four battalis ordanit thai. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xli. f. 23^v/2 The frenchemen ordayned thre great batayls; in eche of them fyftene thousand men of armes .xx. M. men a fote. 1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline ii. 134 In what manner thy men are to bee ordeined and placed. 2. a. transitive. To arrange in the correct order or position; to keep in due order; to regulate, govern, direct, manage, conduct. In later use English regional (west midlands). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > regulate dightc1230 ordainc1300 raila1350 regulate?a1425 arrayc1440 ordinance1440 order1509 direct?1510 regolate1585 reigle1591 ordinate1595 qualify1597 steer1616 govern1806 police1885 c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 144 He ordeyned wel his hous and his meyne. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii.2932 (MED) Richesse upon the comun good And noght upon the singuler Ordeigned was. a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 1479 (MED) Er aw to ordan al bedene, Als vessel, close, & kep þam clene. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 511 Whan they had sported theymselfe ynough, they ordened the watche. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 216 (MED) Al bodely thyngis be gouernyd and ordaynyd by the Planetes and Sterris. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 270 Resonably ordenynge all her wordes and warkes to the worshyp of god. 1884 R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words & Phrases 25 Ordain, to make right, or set to rights; vaguely applied to many ways of doing so. 1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 357/1 [Worcestershire] That child wants ordaining. †b. transitive. To decide the order or course of; to arrange, plan. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange beteec1275 tailc1315 castc1320 ordaina1325 setc1330 tightc1330 accord1388 tailyec1480 assign1558 raise1652 settle1694 work1761 arrange1786 engineer1831 a1325 Easter (Corpus Cambr.) 8 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 134 (MED) Ordeini he wolde al is dede bi þe cours of sonne & mone. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8202 (MED) To-quils wald he mak him bun At ordain þar procession. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 201 His assailȝe he ordannys wondyr sayr. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 468 Whiche voyage had ben ordayning & imagenynge thre yere before. a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Sloane 1873) (1975) 3032 (MED) Ordeyne therfore to fech breth fro your fote. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 23 Who now begins his Progress to ordain; With Chariots, Horsemen, and a numerous train. †3. transitive. To set up (something) to continue in a particular way; to establish or found by ordinance; to institute. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3022 Þe king..Let ordeiny [a1400 Trin. Cambr. ordeni]..& let rere up chirchen. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 145 (MED) O iustyse..dampneþ þeues for to ordeyne Peys. 1482 Monk of Evesham 81 He hordende there an hospitalle for pilgrimmys. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 193 (MED) Seint benet ordeyned the monken rull. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iii. x. f. cli To thame y^t are lyk to be drownit in hell for original syn is ordanit the buird of baptym. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 53 Ordeining three sorts of lawes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 22 Daphnis did Rites to Bacchus first ordain. 4. To plan, devise, contrive; to design or intend for; to cause to be made. a. transitive. Of a physical object or structure. In later use regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 7 (MED) Ine þe zix dayes..he made the worlde an ordaynede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 8311 Suilke a werke..þu sal it ordaine in þi thoght Thoru salamon it sal be wroght. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. 315 (MED) Ordeigne þe an hous, Piers, to herberwe in þi cornes. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 84 Alle this..was made and wrought in this glasse. The maister that ordeyned it was a connyng man. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xii. f. lxij A certayne man planted a vine yarde..and ordeyned a wyne presse, and bilt a toure. 1546 in Gentleman's Mag. (1825) Dec. 501 I have deuised, ordeined, and assigned unto and for the syde Peter Seinthill, the armes and crest, w^t thappurten'nces hereafter followenge. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 141 In olde time they..builded the temples of the Muses, that is to say, houses ordained for students, which they named Musaea. 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 29 I ordained that piece of wood for an axe halve. 1900 Shetland News 12 May in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 357/1 Tell me fir da sake o' Him 'at ordeen'd dee. †b. transitive. Of an immaterial or abstract thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 243 (MED) Virgil by his witte ordeyned remedye aȝenst þat meschief. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1254 What lust it is that he [sc. love] ordeigneth. c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 66 (MED) Thei ordeyneden an yuel word aȝenes me. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 45 And anone ordeyned two letters. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 10 What pleasure he cowde for her ordeyne, That shuld be do. c. transitive. With clause as object, or with infinitive. In later use English regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 38 (MED) If thou maiste not reve hem her watir, loke that thou ordeyne forto envenyme it. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiii. 199 They caste and ordeyned both by nyght and day how they myght breng hym out of prison. 1896 Black & White 27 June 824 Maaster Applebird ordained as the picter should be done in a tallet outside the inn. a1903 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 357/1 I have ordained to go away from home next week. †5. transitive. To put into a particular mental condition or disposition, esp. into a good or fitting frame of mind; to predispose. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > bend, incline, or dispose > dispose to an action or state disposec1340 ordain1340 inclinec1350 disponec1425 affecta1438 principle1650 disposit1661 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 24 Som ys kendeliche..milder oþer graciouser oþer atempres and wel y-ordayned. 1425 (a1400) Speculum Christiani (Lansd.) (1933) 111 (MED) As to..what þinge drawis a man to ordeine [v.rr. ordeigne, orden, ordyne] his wille to goddis wille, þere are iiii þingis. ?a1450 (?c1400) Lay Folks' Catech. (Lamb.) (1901) 59 Yf þou wilt ordeyne þy wil to haue for-ȝefnesse. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xv. sig. m ^v By these .vii. the laste commaundementes we ben perfectly & Justely ordeyned ayenst our neyghbours. †6. a. transitive. To prepare, make ready; equip; to provide; to put in order (for a purpose). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order tailc1330 ordain1340 disposec1375 appoint1393 fettlea1400 tifta1400 richc1400 tiffc1400 orderc1515 instruct1534 prune1586 compose1612 to make up1759 fix1783 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 152 (MED) Þe þinges þet byeþ to comene he [sc. True Belief] deþ poruay and ordayny. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 106 (MED) Þis hall es nobilly and wirschepfully arayd and ordaynd in all thinges. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 626 Engynys alsua for till Cast Thai ordanit and maid redy fast. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Passioun in Poems (1998) I. 37 Ordane for him ane resting place, That is so werie wrocht for the. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms vii. 13 He hath..ordened his arowes to destroye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxiiij Chimnayes, Ranges, and suche instrumentes that there was ordained. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 367 [With] all maner of wapouns ordanitt for weir. b. transitive. To fit out, equip, or provide (a person or thing) with (also in, of) something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 5 But þe mercy of God had i-ordyned vs of lettres. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 26 To take from hem cause of her synne, and ordeyne þe Churche in temporal goodis. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. 399 (MED) The Castel with-Inne wel Ordeyned was Of Men of strengthes In Every plas. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 387 Than had La Beale Isode ordayned and well arayde sir Tramtryste with whyght horse and whyght armys. 1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. sig. Hj Nature..ordeined all beastes with some natural municion, as horne, spurre, tothe or naile. †7. transitive (reflexive). To prepare oneself; make ready; to set or apply oneself to do something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1230 dightc1275 to make yarec1290 arrayc1320 tirec1330 agraith1340 buska1350 readya1350 dressc1350 shapec1374 disposec1375 ordainc1380 rayc1380 makec1390 bouna1400 updressa1400 fettlec1400 address1447 ettlec1450 aready1470 to make oneself forth1488 busklea1555 poise1639 arrange1865 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3541 (MED) Þe Amyral..had ordeynt him þer to lyn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 20403 (MED) Oure lady..ordeyneþ hir to fare vs fro. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 242 Austin..hym-self ordeyned to sadde vs in bileue. 1493 Festivall (1515) (de Worde) f. 78^v Afterwarde he ordeyned hymself & went into the holy londe. a1500 (?c1400) Earl of Toulous 34 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) I. 384 (MED) He ordeyned hym for batayle. †8. intransitive. To make preparation; prepare; arrange. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > make preparations or arrangements purveyc1300 providec1425 ordain1487 disponea1500 devisec1500 to take (an) order1545 dress1596 pipe lay1844 to do one's homework1915 legislate1925 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 259 Valter steward..He left in berwik..And ordanit fast for Apparaill, Till defend gif men vald assaill. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. viii. 6 Than the quene..ordeyned for her voyage, and made her purueyaunce. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.v^v Wyse men ought..to ordein for that that is present. II. To decree, order, or appoint. 9. transitive. Christian Church. To confer holy orders on; to admit (a candidate) into the ministry of the church by the laying on of hands with prayer or other symbolic action; to make someone a priest or minister. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)] hallowc900 hodec1275 sacrec1290 ordainc1300 orderc1330 consecrate1387 sanctify1390 canonize1393 to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400 consacrea1492 ensacrea1492 ordinate1508 impose1582 japan1756 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 336 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 116 He was in grete fere For-to ordeinen ani Man bote he þe betere were. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 347 Þe apostles ordeyned þe lasse Iames..bisshop of Ierusalem. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21246 (MED) Men sais þat of his thumb he smate..Þat he ne preist suld ordeind be. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 31 (MED) To þe same soundun þe wordis of þe prelat ordening dekunnis. ?1553 G. Douglas Palice of Honour sig. K iii^v Thow stant ordant, as sanct, of grant maist wise. 1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Trueth of Discipline ii. 12 The Apostles ordayned bishops euery where. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 14 The Pope is not made by the precedent Pope, but by Cardinals, who ordain and consecrate to a higher and greater office then their own. 1667 in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1954) 33 172 Mr. James Donaldson that wes to be admitted and ordeand minister. 1719 Free-thinker No. 93. 1 I am a young Clergyman, Ordained the very Last Ember-Week. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. x. 227 They were..ordained to their office by prayer. 1845 H. J. Rose in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 884/1 It is shown..that the Apostles did ordain ministers by the imposition of hands, and did give them authority to ordain others. 1870 W. Arnot Life J. Hamilton iv. 168 He was ordained as minister of Roxburgh Church by the Presbytery of Edinburgh on the 21st Jany. 1841. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) l. 231 He would get ordained as soon as possible, and take a curacy. 1999 Daily Tel. 4 May 13/5 She was one of the first women ordained in the Church of England. †10. a. transitive. To appoint (a person, etc.) to a duty, position, or responsibility (occasionally with the name of the position or duty as complement). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to do something ordaina1325 disponec1374 rule1448 appoint1496 awarda1538 allot1566 to knock down1759 to set on1852 a1325 St. Aldhelm (Corpus Cambr.) 33 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 212 (MED) Þe hous of Malmesburi euere so fre were Þat þe bissop ne non of his nabbe no poer þere Þat hy ordeyni hore monkes. c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 177 With certein officers ordeyned ther fore. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11403 (MED) Þai ordeind tuelue..to wait þe stern. 1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 532/2 We ordande the same John to be Clerk of the then Sheref. ?c1475 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 591 Ordonne notable capitaines unto the keping of the same placis. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.vi^v Wherefore are magistrates ordayned, but that the tranquillitye of the commune weale maye bee confirmed. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 93 According to promes made, he was ordeyned king. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 103 An Officer was ordained for that purpose. 1688 in Trans. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. (1868) 36/1 [They did] ordeine John Hardie..and John Tudhope..two ordinary sworne burleymen. 1809 Will of J. Kellett 19 May in P. Dow Rep. Cases House of Lords (1816) III. 250 And I also ordain, appoint, and devise the said..executors to this my last will and testament. b. transitive. To order or appoint (a person) to do some action or fulfil some role. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commission to do something assign1297 chargec1300 ordainc1330 commita1402 limitc1405 commisea1470 task1530 taska1592 consign1705 detail1837 betask1857 c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) 205 (MED) Ich ordainy min heiȝe steward To wite mi kingdom. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 25 (MED) Certayne persones er ordaynd to kepe þat ilke hous. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 20 Two barownes ryght so were ordayned to go on thys message. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. Contents The Leuites are ordeyned to go before with the Arke. 1579 Edinb. Test. VII. f. 132^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Ordanis thame to be collectouris ressauaris & ingadderaris thairof. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 308 Two publick servants of the king were these Ordained to carry his commandments. †11. a. transitive. To assign (a share, portion, or allowance) to a person; to allot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 710 (MED) Goþ now fforþ echon..to þe ffur..Þat is yordeyned to þe deuel. c1434 J. Drury Eng. Writings in Speculum (1934) 9 77 (MED) Þe feer þat neuer xal ben qwenchid..is ordeynyd to þe fend and hese angelis. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 298 And till gret lordis, ilkane syndri, Ordanit ane felde for thar herbry. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 106 To thame for thair trauel publiklie is ordayned thair sustentatione, steddings directed, houses appoynted. b. transitive. To appoint or assign (a person or thing) to or for a special purpose; to assign to do or be something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to a specific purpose appropre1340 ordaina1393 appoint1526 allot1534 appropriate1605 affect1611 allocate1616 prescribe1616 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 5165 The king, which herde..Hou that this Maide ordeigned is To Mariage. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 854 (MED) Þe satyrday ys specyaly Ordeyned to wurschype oure lady. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 58 (MED) In steed of messangers..þai ordayne dowfes for to bere lettres. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 216 (MED) Thou shalt haue certayne Places I-ordeynyd by the hoste for drynkes and othyr necessaries. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health (1636) clxxvi. 159 One halfe of the yeare is ordeyned to eat fish in. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 319 Of the quhilkes horsses he ordaynet for the Erle ane. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 181 A kind of staide musicke, ordained for graue dauncing. a1618 W. Raleigh Life & Death Mahomet (1637) 19 That day was ordayned by him to be their Sabbaoth. 12. a. transitive. To appoint authoritatively as a thing to be observed; to decree; to enact. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to be observed setc1000 ordainc1325 puta1475 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3025 After viftene dawes þat he adde yordeined þis To londone he wende uor to amende þat þer was amys. 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 50 These ben þe poyntes & þe articles ordeigned of the brotherheed of seint Fabian & sebastian. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) 615 (MED) He ordeyned assaute anone in haste. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 110 He also ordeyned auriculer confession. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 41 Fisher Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas Moor..in prison..for opposing the Kings Marriage, and the succession of his Children to the Crown, after it was ordained in Parliament. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iii. 152 The Canons of Egbert..ordain the same thing. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 229 That which is ordained by law they term lawful and just. 1961 Observer 17 Dec. 10/3 The formal adoption of the Final Solution, ordaining the extermination of European Jewry,..on July 31, 1941. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind viii. 182 An incident in 1555, when the university authorities sought to revive the old style of anatomizing as ordained by the statutes. †b. transitive. With infinitive or clause as object: to determine, settle; to resolve or agree. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb] willOE ordain1340 deemc1400 delibera1413 machine?c1450 order?1523 decree1526 deliberate1550 fix1788 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 29 (MED) Man ordayneþ ine his herte þet he him ne ssel naȝt uorþenche his zenne. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. viii. 98 (MED) Dowel and dobet amonges hem ordeigned To croune one to be kynge. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 24 After the soupper hit was ordeyned that on the morn the Siriens..shold reste them. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 305 Syne emang thame preualy Thai ordanit, that he still suld be In hyddillis and in preuate. 1517 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 42 This inquiert ordanes to caus tua men [to] walk. 1647 in J. Stuart Extracts Presbytery Bk. Strathbogie (1843) 78 The presbytrie..haue ordained, at the nixt..meeting, to leitt three [people for the church]. c. transitive. With infinitive or clause (now usually that-clause) as object: to order, pronounce, declare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > specific something to be done ordaina1387 willa1525 order1535 instruct1839 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 41 (MED) It was i-ordeyned þat Esterday schulde be i-holde þe firste Sonday from þe fourtenþe day of þe mone of þe firste monthe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 14879 (MED) Þai ordent him to hange on rode. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 798 (MED) Ordeyne how it schal be and it schal be do. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 288 How scho furth suld caryit be, Or euir he fure, than ordanit he. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xx. 58 He ordened a grete shyppe to be made redy. 1646 S. Danforth Almanack 12 Julius Caesar the Roman Emperor, by the help of Sosigenes, an excellent Astronomer, ordeined that the Politicall yeare should consist of 365 dayes, and 6 houres. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 To shun this Ill, the cunning Leach ordains..To feed the Females, e're the Sun arise. View more context for this quotation 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i. 1553 She ordains, the fair should know no Fears. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. i. 375 By this edict..it was ordained that all who were convicted of heresy should suffer death ‘by fire, by the pit, or by the sword’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 24/1 To distinguish abbots from bishops, it was ordained that their mitre should be made of less costly material. 2002 Guardian 17 June i. 12/2 The president ordained that the centre-right's election campaign be fought solely on the issue of the dangers of a new cohabitation. †d. intransitive. To direct, command, or pronounce. Obsolete.Cf. sense 14d. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] command1393 ordaina1400 dictatea1628 a1400 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Egerton) (1966) 706 (MED) As he seide, he dide ywys, And as he ordeyned, so it is. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 13 (MED) Þei turneden aȝen, as Crist himsilf ordeynede. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 446 Mine to obey; thy part is to ordain. 13. transitive. To order, command, or bid (a person to do something, or that a thing be done). Now chiefly Scots Law. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] i-bedea800 highteOE bid971 bibedec1000 ordainc1325 warnc1380 commanda1382 tella1475 mand1483 wishc1515 hest1582 behight1591 order1609 mandate1623 warrant1632 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10513 (MED) He..Ordeinede þat hii ssolde..wende out. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 11189 (MED) Al þe world ordeyned he [sc. Augustus] Þat þei shulde vndir him be. c1460 Ipomedon (Longleat) (1889) 351 (MED) He ordant him to go & serve the king. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 53 King robert..Ordanit..His marschall with a gret menȝe..For to prik emang the archeris. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark iii. f. xlvij And he ordeined the twelve that they shulde be with him. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxvi. f. 86 For so god hath ordeyned you, nature commaundeth you,..and philosophy beadeth you. 1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. f. 51^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) I..ordinis my spous..to deliuer to Robert Hammiltoun..my hors. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 525 In that day, will I ordaine..all creatures, that they shall bee helpfull unto them. 1684 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery of Dunkeld (1918) I. 228 Mr. John Constable..is ordend next day of meeting to have an popular sermon on Hebrews 12, ver. 14. 1764 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 3) 464 If one be condemned..to quit the possession of lands, and refuses..letters of ejection are granted..ordaining the Sheriff to eject him. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 197 Jove himself ordains me to bear these words on the breeze. 1957 Scots Law Times (Lexis) 1 June His Lordship ordained the defenders to lead in the proof. 1996 Times (Sc. Law Rep.) 30 Sept. 41/2 The defenders had enrolled a motion to ordain the pursuer to find caution for expenses. 14. Of God, a god, fate, etc. †a. transitive. To destine (a person) to a lot or fate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > one's lot ordainc1384 fortune1390 allot1566 design1593 number1611 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xiii. 48 Manye..weren byfore ordeyned [L. præordinati] to euere lastyng lyf. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23745 (MED) To traiuail ordeint is þis liue. a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 116 Men and wymen þat er ordaynd til þe joy of heven. 1482 Monk of Evesham 36 The doers of al synnes ordente to dyuers kyndes of peynes. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Tak the a fidill or a floyte, and geste! Wndought, thou art ordanyt to not ellis. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 198 She was by her destinie,..ordained to a most long and constant prosperitie in this world. a1784 J. Bowdler Poems & Ess. (1786) I. 44 Tho here to narrow bounds confin'd, Ordain'd to lowly views, For ever free, the virtuous mind Her glorious path pursues. b. transitive. To determine (something) as part of the order of the universe or of nature; to predestine. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] shapea1000 dightc1000 besee1297 weirda1300 destinec1300 ordainc1390 ettlea1400 destinyc1400 eure1428 fortunec1430 foreordainc1440 order1532 preordain1533 predefine1542 prefine1545 destinate1548 fore-pointa1557 fore-appoint1561 pre-ordinate1565 foreset1573 forepurpose1581 sort1592 predestinate1593 predetermine1601 pre-appoint1603 forecall1613 fatea1616 predesign1630 predeterminate1637 pre-order1640 predestine1642 ordinate1850 foreordinate1858 preset1926 c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 126 (MED) God ordeyned Merci most of miht, To beo aboue his werkes ay. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 285 (MED) Þat he ordaind [a1400 Fairf. ordenet; a1400 Trin. Cambr. ordeyned] wit his witte He multiplis and gouerns itte. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 241 (MED) Hus werdes were ordeined by wil of oure lorde. c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 16 (MED) God suffrith the planetis forto make and holde her cours in the rewle and ordir as he ordeynyd hem. a1500 Gesta Romanorum (Gloucester) (1971) 739 (MED) Þe fader of heven..ordende þis lawe. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 34 So Gods ordayned thee chaunce. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxvi. 12 Lord, thou wilt ordaine peace for vs. View more context for this quotation 1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 609 And all the feaveris that ewir God ordained. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 84 And Laurels, which the Gods for Conqu'ring Chiefs ordain. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xliv. 205 It is your duty..if fate should so ordain it. 1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1874) 165/2 The moment..which God had ordained from the beginning. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xiii. 214 Douglas [Fairbanks] believed that our lives were ordained and that our destiny was important. 1991 K. A. Stølen in K. A. Stølen & M. Vaa Gender & Change in Developing Countries 18 Men partake of divine power so that their dominance seems natural and ordained in the order of things. c. transitive. With clause as object, or with infinitive or other complement: to decree or appoint (a certain thing) to happen. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [verb (transitive)] > foreordain ordaina1400 predestinate?c1450 predecree1604 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 1198 (MED) Vr lauerd had ordained ȝeit A child to rise in his ospringe. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 25 (MED) God wordeyniþ him for þis synne to be putte to peyn. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1187 (MED) Our lord hath ordeinyde þat no man it fynde But only he þat is of vertuys mynde. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxx. 45 As grund is ordand to beir seid. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 297 Rise, First Man, of Men innumerable ordain'd First Father. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) ii. 264 But fate ordains that dearest friends must part. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. xvi. 150 He goes with us in the path we are ordained to tread. 2003 National Post (Canada) 6 Mar. a14/6 After God has ordained this nation to rise again. †d. intransitive. To determine, decide, or decree. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > must as decreed by fate [verb (intransitive)] > predestine ordaina1425 revolvea1522 a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7632 Ilk ane þair course obout ay mase..als God ordaynd hase. ?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 635 As Grace lyst to ordeyne. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii4 It fortuned (high God did so ordaine) As she arriued on the roring shore,..A little bote lay hoving her before. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 636 To whom thus Eve..My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unargu'd I obey; so God ordains . View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 38 But Love, their Lord, did otherwise ordain. 1855 C. Kingsley Persius in Heroes i. 2 So the Gods have ordained, and it will surely come to pass. †15. transitive. To order (a thing) to be made, provided, or equipped. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by asking, entreaty, or importunity > by ordering ordaina1393 speak1508 to speak of ——1600 steven1674 commission1790 tryst1825 order1836 to order up1843 indent1897 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2431 Of what Ston his sepulture Thei scholden make and what sculpture He wolde ordeine therupon. 1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 18 Okum and other stuffe ordeyned and bought for the same Ship. 1589 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Galvão in Princ. Navigations i. 80 Afterward he ordained a boate made of one tree..and went to sea in it. 1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (5 Edw. IV) 37 To ordeyne one payre of Butts for shooting within the towne or well neere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1596v.c1300
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