Determinate /(?)/
De·ter·mi·nate
Determinate
a.
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Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
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Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
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Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage.
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Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
Phrases & Compounds
- Determinate inflorescence
- that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal inflorescence.
- Determinate problem
- a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions.
- Determinate quantities
- those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem or equation determine the number.
Determinate
v. t.
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To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]
The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile.