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Determinate
Definitions
- 1 Distinct, clearly defined. not-comparable
"Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet."
- 2 Fixed, determined, set, unvarying. not-comparable
"[…] hym have ye taken by the hondes of vnrightewes perſones / after he was delivered by the determinat counſell and fore knoweledge of God / and have crucified and ſlayne hym / […]"
- 3 Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed. not-comparable
- 4 Conclusive; decisive; positive. not-comparable
- 5 Determined or resolved upon. not-comparable, obsolete
"My determinate voyage."
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- 6 Of determined purpose; resolute. not-comparable
"More determinate to do than skilfull how to do."
- 1 supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement wordnet
- 2 precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause wordnet
- 3 not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex wordnet
- 1 A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
"And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged."
- 1 To bring to an end; to determine. obsolete
"The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile."
Etymology
From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“I limit, set bounds”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
From Middle English determinaten, from determinat + -en, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French déterminer.
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