| a. | 1. | Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite. | |||||||||
| 2. | Conclusive; decisive; positive. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Determined or resolved upon. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Of determined purpose; resolute.
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| v. t. | 1. | To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. | |||||||||
| Adj. | 1. | determinate - precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals" Antonyms: indeterminate, undetermined - not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" |
| 2. | determinate - not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" Antonyms: indeterminate - having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem" | |
| 3. | determinate - supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" Synonyms: definitive |
DETERMINATE. That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated; as, if I sell you my horse Napoleon, the article sold is here determined. This is very different from a contract by which I would have sold you a horse, without a particular designation of any horse. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 947, 950.
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