guiding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guiding	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guiding adj exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle" 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guide \Guide\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way. Cf. {Wit}, {Guy} a rope, {Gye.}] 1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler. I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court. --Shak. 2. To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train. He will guide his affairs with discretion. --Ps. cxii. 5. The meek will he guide in judgment. --Ps. xxv. 9.