determinate

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnət/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“to limit, set bounds”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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.”
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.”
Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Determined or resolved upon.
“My determinate voyage.”
“Francesca saw the danger of allowing this apathy to increase, and would fain have laid down some determinate scheme, and sought some fixed home and employment, which must have brought its occupations, its habits, and, finally, its interests.”
Of determined purpose; resolute.
“More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.”

noun

Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

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.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English determinaten, from determinat + -en, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French déterminer.

To bring to an end; to determine.
“The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.”