PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. The recorded history foregrounds straightening, guiding, pointing, and directing; immediacy is one later semantic branch.
/dəˈrɛkt/ · verb and adjective
To guide, aim, command, or proceed without deviation or intermediary; continuing Latin dīrēctus and dīrigere through distinct medieval channels.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Preserves straight-course, guidance, command, and immediate senses.
Definitions 1–7 and Word HistoryIndependently supplies the same semantic breadth.
Definitions and etymologyThe dossier keeps all major functions and does not declare the oldest meaning the only true one.