Series \Se"ries\, n.

1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.

2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be

in series.

3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]

1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
   (a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
   (b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
   (c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.

The side chambers were . . . thirty in order. --Ezek. xli. 6.

Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton.

Good order is the foundation of all good things. --Burke.

2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order. --Locke.

3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.

And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the old order into doubt. --Emerson.

4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.

5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.

The church hath authority to establish that for an order at one time which at another time it may abolish. --Hooker.

6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.

Upon this new fright, an order was made by both houses for disarming all the papists in England. --Clarendon.

7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.

In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.

8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.

They are in equal order to their several ends. --Jer. Taylor.

Various orders various ensigns bear. --Granville.

Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little short of crime. --Hawthorne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Order \Or"der\, v. i. To give orders; to issue commands.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordered; p pr. & vb. n. Ordering.]

[From Order, n.]

1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.

1. 23.

Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. --Milton.

2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

These ordered folk be especially titled to God. --Chaucer.

Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Order arms (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought to a position with its but resting on the ground; also, the position taken at such a command.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.

Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ``accepted'' across the face of the bill.

Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction.

6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]

Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)