ordain

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. order by virtue of superior authority;
decree (Freq. 3)
- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
• Syn:
enact
• Derivationally related forms:
enactment (for: enact)
• Hypernyms:
decree
• Hyponyms:
reenact, legislate, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. appoint to a clerical posts (Freq. 1)
- he was ordained in the Church
• Syn:
consecrate, ordinate, order
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: order), consecration (for: consecrate), ordainer, ordinance
• Hypernyms:
invest, vest, enthrone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority
- The minister was ordained only last month
• Derivationally related forms:
ordainer, ordinance
• Hypernyms:
invest, vest, enthrone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. issue an order
• Derivationally related forms:
ordinance
• Hypernyms:
decree
• Hyponyms:
predestine, will, destine, fate, doom, designate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  consecrate, ordinate, order, enact