determinate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Distinct, clearly defined.

   • Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
   • […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service.
2. 2

   Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.

   • […] 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 / […]
   • [S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpoſe which generally inſures ſucceſs.
3. 3

   Of growth

   Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.

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   1. 4

      Conclusive

      Conclusive; decisive; positive.

   2. 5

      Determined or resolved upon.

      • My determinate voyage.
   3. 6

      Of determined purpose

      Of determined purpose; resolute.

      • More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.
   4. 7

      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.
   5. 8

      To bring to an end

      To bring to an end; to determine.

      • The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.

The neighborhood

• antonymindeterminateantonym(s) of “limited”
• antonymnondeterminateantonym(s) of “limited”
• antonymantonym(s) of
• neighbordeterminacy
• neighbordetermination
• neighbordetermine
• neighbordeterministic