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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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direct address (a letter or message) XIV; instruct XV. prob. based immed. on pp.
direct — L.
dīrectus, pp. of
dīrigere,
dē- straighten, direct, guide, f.
DI- 1,
DE- 3 +
regere put straight, rule, whence also
direct adj. straight XIV; straightforward, immediate XVI.
So
direction action of directing XV; course pursued XVII. — F. or L.
directive adj. XV, sb. XVII. — medL.
director XV. — AN.
directory adj. serving to direct XV; sb. book of directions XVI.
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Sage and iambic Software Introduce TimeReporter for Carpe Diem Electronic Time Sheet; New Product Delivers Time Tracking for Palm Computing Platform.
Business Wire; 12/2/1999; 700+ words
; ...introduced today TimeReporter(R) for Carpe Diem(R) Electronic Time Sheet, a new...new product is based on Sage's Carpe Diem Electronic Time Sheet, a well...feature that lets our customers access Carpe Diem Electronic Time Sheet over the Internet...
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Best Software Releases Carpe Diem 4.1.
Business Wire; 6/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...today announced the release of Carpe Diem(R) Electronic Time Sheet 4.1...system for the corporate enterprise. Carpe Diem is ideal for professional services...provide users with added portability, Carpe Diem allows business travelers and employees...
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Carpe Diem prepares to cap off first seniors.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 6/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...first senior class to graduate from Carpe Diem E-Learning Community charter high...first," said Shaun Cover, another Carpe Diem senior. "You're basically being marked down." Carpe Diem started roughly two years ago, according...
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CARPE DIEM Beverages Redefine the Functional Bottled Water Landscape in North America.
Business Wire; 1/18/2007; 700+ words
; CARPE DIEM Joins Successful AMI Brands Portfolio of...announced a strategic partnership with CARPE DIEM (http://www.carpediem.com) beverages in North America. CARPE DIEM, the brain child of Dietrich Mateschitz...
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Best Software Now Shipping Carpe Diem(R) Electronic Time Sheet 4.5; New release supports international localization for multi-national organizations.
PR Newswire; 8/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...Software today announced the availability of Carpe Diem Electronic Time Sheet 4.5. The latest release...processing and easier time tracking. Key features in Carpe Diem Electronic Time Sheet 4.5 (Carpe Diem) are: Multiple Time Zone Support: For timekeepers...
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Sage Introduces Mobile Time Capture for Sage Carpe Diem to Help Service Professionals Improve Productivity, Recapture Billable Time.(Company overview)
News Wire article from: Internet Wire; 12/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...capturing capability for its Sage Carpe Diem software product. Mobile Time Capture...Manager, Inc., will enable Sage Carpe Diem users to more accurately and easily...for the corporate enterprise, Sage Carpe Diem is ideal for professional service...
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Carpe Diem seizes bedding day.
Magazine article from: Furniture-Today; 2/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...weather tough times. The line, Carpe Diem Beds of Sweden, is distributed in...World Market Center C-1360. The Carpe Diem beds (the name means 'seize the...beds. The beds are hand-made in Carpe Diem's factory in Sweden. Each bed...
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Wiley acquires publications from Carpe Diem Communications.
M2 Presswire; 1/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...Wiley acquires publications from Carpe Diem Communications(C)1994-2007...controlled-circulation publications from Carpe Diem Communications, Inc., of Yardley...publications, Wiley has also acquired the Carpe Diem name, which will now be known as...
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Best Software Offers Carpe Diem on BlackBerry(R); Legal Professionals Can Track and Record Their Time From Anywhere.
PR Newswire; 8/19/2003; 700+ words
; ...today announced the availability of Carpe Diem for BlackBerry, enabling mid- sized...turns affects their bottom line." Carpe Diem is the leading time tracking and...bill for their time or services, Carpe Diem has been a favored solution for the...
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Wiley Acquires Publications from Carpe Diem Communications.
Business Wire; 1/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...controlled-circulation publications from Carpe Diem Communications, Inc., of Yardley...publications, Wiley has also acquired the Carpe Diem name, which will now be known as a Carpe Diem - A Wiley Company. Rick Biros...
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carpe diem
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
carpe diem , a descriptive term for literature that urges readers to live for the moment [from the Latin phrase "seize the day," used...
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Fabian, Lara
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...album sold 100,000 copies. Fabian came into her own on Carpe Diem (1994), which still has up-tempo numbers but gives...Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion. SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY: Carpe Diem (Polydor, 1994); Pure (Polydor, 1997); Lara Fabian...
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Literature for Adults
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...and of values that could transcend death. William Shakespeare's tragedies exemplify these ideas about death, as do carpe diem poems like "The Flea" (1633) and "The Sun Rising" (1633) by John Donne and "To His Coy Mistress" (1681) by...
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Welsh, Irvine
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...characters' first-person narratives, Trainspotting focuses on Mark Renton, who realizes that in a world in which carpe diem has been taken to the furthest extreme, both in the drug-subculture and in a Britain made in Margaret Thatcher's...
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The Fugs
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Sanders singing the words of poets William Blake and Allen Ginsberg; Kupferberg contributed the tributes “ Carpe Diem ” and “ Nothing. ” Songs like “ Slum Goddess ” and “ I Couldn...
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