Directive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Directive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
directive adj showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress" Synonym(s): directing, directional, directive, guiding n a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Directive \Direct"ive\, a. [LL. directivus: cf. F. directif.] 1. Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way. --Hooker. The precepts directive* of our practice in relation to God. --Barrow. 2. Able to be directed; manageable. [Obs.] Swords and bows Directive by the limbs. --Shak.