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oratio directa
Direct Di*rect", a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct: cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.] 1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. What is direct to, what slides by, the question. --Locke. 2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. Be even and direct with me. --Shak. 3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words. --Locke. A direct and avowed interference with elections. --Hallam. 4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line. 5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body. Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting. Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not come;' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which there is change of form; as, he said that he could not come. They are often called respectively by their Latin names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua. Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect, evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its credibility. --Wharton. Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott. Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at. Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight. Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise.

Meaning of Directa from wikipedia

- The Directa decretal was written by Pope Siricius in February AD 385. It took the form of a long letter to Spanish bishop Himerius of Tarragona replying...
- Dichomeris directa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Venezuela. The wingspan is 14–16 mm...
- Antiotricha directa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1924. It is found in Colombia. "Antiotricha Felder, 1874"...
- Setmanari de Comunicació Directa, usually known as La Directa, is a biw****ly magazine in Catalan language published in Barcelona and distributed in paper...
- Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which parti****nts use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals...
- Larinia directa is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Brazil. "Larinia directa Report"...
- 1854) Synonyms Lithosia signata Walker, 1854 Lithosia brevimacula Alphéraky, 1897 Thysanoptyx directa Leech, 1899 Thysanoptyx signata (Walker, 1854)...
- Synemon directa, the white-banded sun moth, is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia. The larvae feed...
- Walckenaeria directa is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in the US and Canada. "Walckenaeria directa Species Information"...
- el trofeo de Campeón de Primera Federación, así como la clasificación directa a la segunda eliminatoria del Campeonato de España/Copa de S.M. el Rey...