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  • aright — a|right [əˈraıt] adv BrE old use 1.) correctly ▪ I was not certain I had heard aright. 2.) set things aright to deal with problems or difficulties …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • aright — adverb old fashioned 1 correctly: if I remember aright 2 set things aright to settle problems or difficulties …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • aright — /euh ruyt /, adv. rightly; correctly; properly: I want to set things aright. [bef. 1000; ME; OE ariht, on riht. See A 1, RIGHT] * * * …   Universalium

  • aright — a•right [[t]əˈraɪt[/t]] adv. correctly; to rights: I want to set things aright[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE ariht, on riht. See a I, right …   From formal English to slang

  • fix — vt 1 a: to make firm, stable, or stationary b: to attach physically 2: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods conspiracy to defraud the government by fix ing income tax cases W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott,… …   Law dictionary

  • correct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. improve, rectify, [set] right, remedy, repair, amend, reform, better; edit, mark; reprove, punish, chastise, discipline; counteract, neutralize. See improvement, punishment. adj. right, regular,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Narayana Guru — Part of a …   Wikipedia

  • incorrigible — 1. adjective a) defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright. The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse. b) incurably depraved; not reformable. His black soul was too… …   Wiktionary

  • tactics — (n.) 1620s, from Mod.L. tactica (17c.), from Gk. taktike techne art of arrangement, noun use of fem. of taktikos of or pertaining to arrangement, especially tactics in war, adjective to taxis order, verbal noun of tassein arrange, from PIE root… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tactics — [tak′tiks] pl.n. [Gr (ta) taktika, lit., (the) matters of arrangement < taktikos, fit for arranging < tassein, to arrange, put in order < IE base * tāg , to set aright > Gr taxis, order] 1. a) [with sing. v.] the science of arranging… …   English World dictionary

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