invest+with+an+office

  • 101charge — v 1. fill, fill up, load, plug, pack, ram down, inject with; suffuse, pervade, permeate; spread over, overspread, overrun, saturate, diffuse; bathe, soak, steep; imbue, infuse, penetrate, interfuse. 2. command, bid, order, dictate, adjure, direct …

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  • 102order — /ˈɔdə / (say awduh) noun 1. an authoritative direction, injunction, command, or mandate. 2. Australian History → land order. 3. Also, court order. Law a direction given by a court, judge, or minister of the crown. 4. Military a command or notice… …

  • 103trust — /trʌst / (say trust) noun 1. reliance on the integrity, justice, etc., of a person, or on some quality or attribute of a thing; confidence. 2. confident expectation of something; hope. 3. confidence in the ability or intention of a person to pay… …

  • 104Ordain — Or*dain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ordaining}.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See {Order}, and cf. {Ordinance}.] 1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to… …

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  • 105Ordained — Ordain Or*dain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ordaining}.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See {Order}, and cf. {Ordinance}.] 1. To set in order; to arrange according to… …

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  • 106Ordaining — Ordain Or*dain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ordaining}.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See {Order}, and cf. {Ordinance}.] 1. To set in order; to arrange according to… …

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  • 107entrust — entrustment, n. /en trust /, v.t. 1. to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust: We entrusted him with our lives. 2. to commit (something) in trust to; confide, as for care, use, or… …

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  • 108frock — frockless, adj. /frok/, n. 1. a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman. 2. a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock. 3. a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks. 4. See frock coat. v.t. 5. to provide with, or… …

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  • 109devolve — de·volve /di vȯlv, välv/ vi de·volved, de·volv·ing [Medieval Latin devolvi, passive of devolvere to roll down, from Latin, from de down, away + volvere to roll] 1: to pass by transfer or succession the estate devolved to a distant cousin 2: to… …

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  • 110authorize — authorize, commission, accredit, license denote in common to invest with power or the right to act. One authorizes a person to act for oneself when he is given the necessary legal right or power with or without instructions of a specific… …

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