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a. [ Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain. ] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coordinate powers presiding over each country. Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjunctions joint sentences and coordinate terms. Rev. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coordinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards one another, but referring equally to the same subject. --
Coordinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coordinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coordinating. ] 1. To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. to be co-ordinated; as, These activities co-ordinate well.
Syn. -- coordinate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

She was usually good with her hands and well coordinated. Mary McCarthy

2. matched in color and pattern so as to be pleasing to the esthetic sense; as, The curtains and walls were color coordinated.
Syn. -- matching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. operating as a unit; as, a coordinated development plan.
Syn. -- coordinated, concerted, interconnected, unified. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. In a coordinate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inordinate; disorderly. [ Obs. ] “With disordinate gestures.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Inordinately. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To foreordain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not coördinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inordinatus disordered. See In- not, and Ordinate. ] Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. “Inordinate desires.” Milton. “Inordinate vanity.” Burke.

-- In*or"di*nate*ly, adv. -- In*or"di*nate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain. ] Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. “A life blissful and ordinate.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called coordinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coordinates. In a typical two-dimensional plot, viewed on a plane graph in its normal orientation with perpendicular axes, the ordinate is the vertical axis; when the axes are labeled as x and y, it is the y-axis. See Coordinate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ordinate manner; orderly. Chaucer. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praeordinatus, p. p. See Preordain. ] Preordained. [ R. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See Ordain. ] 1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position. [ 1913 Webster ]

The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subordinated p. pr. & vb. n. Subordinating. ] 1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sub*or"di*nate*ly, adv. -- Sub*or"di*nate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disorderly; irregular; inordinate. [ R. ] -- Un*or"di*nate*ly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]