The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Directing.]
   1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a
      mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct
      an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
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   2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right
      course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as,
      he directed me to the left-hand road.
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            The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2
                                                  Thess. iii. 5.
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            The next points to which I will direct your
            attention.                            --Lubbock.
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   3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on
      in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain
      end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of
      a nation or the movements of an army.
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            I will direct their work in truth.    --Is. lxi. 8.
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   4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior;
      to order; as, he directed them to go.
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            I 'll first direct my men what they shall do.
                                                  --Shak.
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   5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name
      and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to
      superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

   Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate;
        order; instruct; command.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

directing
    adj 1: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing
           direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around
           him"; "the directional role of science on industrial
           progress" [syn: directing, directional, directive,
           guiding]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "directing":
   administrative, bureaucratic, chief, commanding, controlling,
   directive, directorial, directory, executive, governing, guiding,
   head, leading, managerial, managing, ministerial, official,
   regulating, regulative, regulatory, supervisory