definitiveadj.n.

/dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv/

Forms: Middle English–1500s diffinityf, diffinytif, diffynytif(e, Middle English defynytyfe, defenytyffe, 1500s dyffinatyue, definytiue, 1500s–1600s diffinitive, 1600s definative, 1500s– definitive.

Etymology: < Old French definitif, diffinitif, -ive (12th cent.), < Latin dē- , diffīnītīvus , < participial stem of dēfīnīre : see define v.

A. adj. Having the function of defining, or of being definite.

a. Having the function of finally deciding or settling; decisive, determinative, conclusive, final: esp. in definitive sentence, and the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > conclusive, decisive

definitivec1386

evident1421

concludent1571

deciding1577

decisive1584

decretal1608

decisory1611

concluding1620

evictive1624

silencing1646

conclusive1649

decretory1674

decretorian1679

decisional1687

critical1753

crucial1830

clinching1873–4

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > conclusive, final

definitivec1386

last1509

peremptory1532

determinate1533

peremptorc1550

determined1561

concludent1571

finitive1593

concluding1620

conclusive1649

ultimate1688

undiscussible1860

unarguable1881

c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 172 The Iuge answerd of þis in his absence I may not ȝiue diffinityf sentence.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 135 The theef was..taken..and by sentence diffinytyf was hanged.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxiv. 35 It was the moneth of May folowyng, or [= ere] they had aunswere dyffinatyue.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. O6 Maye they as Capytall Iudges geue definytiue sentence of lyfe and death vpon malefactors.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 57 Vpon hearing of both parties, iudgment definatiue is giuen, and may not be repealed.

1688 Answer Talon's Plea 3 Barely to say with a definitive Gravity, Here's a great abuse.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. ii. 10 Expecting a definitive answer.

1763 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) I. 84 The definitive treaty is now signed.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 527 A jury had pronounced: the verdict was definitive.

†b. transferred of persons. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective]

stallc1275

unflichinga1340

adviseda1393

affirmed1440

constant1481

resolved1518

resolute1522

well-settled?1532

ratified1533

unbashed1536

bent1548

well-resolved1565

unabashed1571

determinate1587

undaunted1587

peremptory1589

confirmed1594

decretal1608

pight1608

intent1610

definitivea1616

unshrinkinga1616

naylessa1618

pitched1642

decisive1658

martyrly1659

certain1667

fell1667

decretory1674

martyrial1678

decretorian1679

invariable1696

unflinching1728

hell-bent1731

decided1767

determined1773

iron-headed1787

adamantine1788

unwincing1802

stick-at-nothing1805

adamant1816

hard-set1818

rock-like1833

bound1844

do-or-die1851

unbased1860

focused1888

capable de tout1899

purposive1903

go-for-broke1946

hard rock1947

take-no-shit1992

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 424 Neuer craue him, we are definitiue..Away with him to death.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. v. 176 Desiring rather to be scepticall then definitive in the causes of Gods judgements.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 286 I will make you..my Adviser in this Matter; tho' not perhaps my definitive Judge.

c. That settles or determines bounds or limits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > restricting or limiting > that fixes limits

delimiting1849

definitive1860

delimitative1883

1860 J. P. Kennedy Mem. W. Wirt I. xiii. 164 [This] point of view should lead to a just and definitive limitation of the boundaries.

2. Having the character of finality as a product; determinate, definite, fixed and final. Of an edition of a literary work, a textbook, etc.: authoritative; the most complete and authoritative to date. In Biology opposed to formative or primitive, as definitive organs, definitive aorta.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate

firm1377

determinatec1386

certain1393

determinablec1400

precisec1443

finite1493

well-defined1551

definite1553

determined1570

set1594

perfixed1601

formed1605

punctual1615

well-marked1620

definitive1624

determinated1635

determinativea1676

clear-cut1843

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed > of statement or speaker

utter1472

absolute?1504

peremptory1532

perfect1569

resolved1577

confident1611

categoricala1620

definitive1624

textuary1632

categorematical1654

categoric1678

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 53 [It] being indeede the very Definitiue Summe of this Art, to distribute vsefully and gracefully a well chosen Plot.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi Other Authors write often dubiously, even in matters wherein is expected a strict and definitive truth.

1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 174 The temporary system established by the law of 1st August, 1793. The definitive system established by the law of 10th December, 1799.

1865 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 4/4 Some days will probably elapse before we shall be able to announce a definitive result.

1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. v. 399 A definitive orbit of the comet.

1882 A. C. Swinburne Let. 27 Sept. in Notes & Queries (1965) CCX. 304/2 Dr. Grosart..is about to publish what the French would call a ‘definitive edition’ of Daniel.

1887 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 8 484 With the four volumes first mentioned the Goethe Society in Weimar begins the publication of the definitive edition of Goethe's works.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 803 The primitive ovum divides; one of the cells thus produced grows into the definitive ovum.

1928 T. S. Eliot in E. Pound Sel. Poems p. vii This book is, in my eyes, rather a convenient Introduction to Pound's work than a definitive edition.

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. iv. 44 Ampleforth..was engaged in producing garbled versions—definitive texts, they were called—of poems which had become ideologically offensive.

1959 Spectator 21 Aug. 235/1 That vague uneasiness one has come to feel in the presence of American ‘definitive’ biographies.

†3. metaphorical. Having a definite position, but not occupying space: opposed to circumscriptive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adjective] > having a position but not occupying space

definitive1657

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 188/1 Though thei be not cyrcumscribed in place..yet are thei and angels also diffinitively so placed where thei be for the time.

1624 N. De Lawne tr. Du Moulin Logick 27 The Philosophers..say that Bodies are in a place circumscriptively, and Soules definitively; because Soules are not limited or circumscribed by place, and yet a man may say..that they are here, or there, and not els-where.]

1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι in Wks. VII. 385 Definitive or circumscriptive, and some other of your distinctions..are but snares.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xi. 100 Who is it, that retains not a great part of the imposture, by allowing them a definitive Ubi, which is still but Imagination?

4. That makes or deals with definite statements.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > [adjective]

enunciative1531

exponent1581

definitivea1620

pronouncing1628

declarative1642

declaratory1660

enunciatory1693

exponential1730

statemental1880

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ix. §2. 296 Plutarch is more definitiue, and punctuall, in this point.

1862 Lit. Churchman VIII. 6/1 We should be glad to see more definitive teaching on the nature of Church Communion.

5. That serves to define or state exactly what a thing is; that specifies the individual referred to; esp. in Grammar. (Formerly used of the definite adj. and n. article, and of the finite adj. and n. verb.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > finite

definite1728

definitive1731

finite1795

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. at Article Definitive Article, the article (the) so called, as fixing the sense of the word it is put before to one individual thing.

1765 W. Ward Ess. Gram. iv. iv. 164 Of the verb definitive.

1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 797 To preserve a name of sect, which ought to be simply definitive, from sliding into a term of reproach.

1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iii. 211 When a noun of multitude is preceded by a definitive word, which clearly limits the sense to an aggregate with an idea of unity, it requires a verb..in the singular number: as, ‘A company of troops was detached..’.

1854 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Epist. Gal. (v. 10) 87 The..definitive force of the article.

6. Concerned with the definition of form or outline. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles

plangent1666

dry1695

sticky1753

flat1755

spotty1798

touchy1809

definitive1815

edgy1825

painty1827

scratchy1827

unideal1838

tinglish1855

generalist1858

tinny1877

Christmas-cardy1883

tinty1883

surfacy1887

chocolate box1892

chocolate-boxy1894

Christmas card1895

juicy1897

candy box1898

pastose1901

busy1909

pompier1914

posterish1914

painterly1932

X-ray1940

illusional1942

all-over1948

figurative1960

hard-edge1961

1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 76 115 The lineless delicate contours of youth and bloom embarrass the definitive skill even of a Correggio.

B. n. (the adj. used elliptically)

†1. A definitive sentence, judgement, or pronouncement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration

pretence1440

mentiona1470

profession1526

resolution1594

definitive1595

propound1599

enunciation1628

expression1635

express1646

declarative1651

assert1655

statement1775

enouncementa1856

sayable1957

1595 W. Hubbock Apol. Infants 11 Is there no pardon from this general damnatorie sentence and cruell definitiue?

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 134 in Justice Vindicated Judgment is the definitive of him who by right commands, permits, or forbids a thing.

1804 European Mag. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1805) 8 135 In spite of the Definitive, we shall have another battle of the books.

2. Grammar A definitive word.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > determiner > [noun] > article > definite

definite article1728

definitive1751

1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. i. 214 Definitives..are commonly called by Grammarians, Articles, Articuli, ἄρθρα. They are of two kinds, either those properly..so called, or else the Pronominal Articles, such as This, That, Any, &c.

1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα i. 27 About the time of Aristotle, when a fourth part of the speech was added,—the definitive, or article.

1816 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 3) I. ii. ii. 71 As articles are by their nature definitives..they cannot be united with such words as are..as definite as they may be; (the personal pronouns for instance..).

Draft additions 1993

b. Philately. Of a postage stamp: belonging to or forming part of the standard issue of a country. Cf. provisional adj. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adjective] > types of postage stamp

provisional1883

definitive1929

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp > types of

black1863

penny black1863

local1865

error1866

toadskin1867

fiscal1869

imperforate1874

tête-bêche1874

halfpenny1881

provisional1885

British colonial1902

precancel1903

definitive1929

airmail1930

pictorial1934

perfin1945

1929 K. B. Stiles Stamps i. 8 Once more, provisionals appeared. These in turn were replaced by definitive stamps inscribed with the newly required values.

1961 K. F. Chapman Commonwealth Stamp Collecting ii. 34 Both territories..have issued definitive stamps recognized by the Universal Postal Union for international use.

1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Apr. 1/4 It is the first time the queen has not been on the definitive stamp.

1986 Sunday Express 21 Dec. 6/8 While 12p Christmas stamps were OK, 12p definitive stamps were not.

Draft additions 1993

3. Philately. A definitive postage stamp.

ΚΠ

1929 K. B. Stiles Stamps i. 7 Stamps which are called definitives..are of permanent character—for use regularly until such time as the government issuing them shall decide to replace them with stamps of another design.

1961 K. F. Chapman Commonwealth Stamp Collecting ii. 34 The low value definitives with naye paise surcharges began to appear in 1960.

1986 Stamp Mag. Feb. 70/4 The initial issue will be of definitives (5, 30, 60 and 150 cents) and ‘independence’ commemoratives.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	definitive
释义	definitiveadj.n. /dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv/ Forms: Middle English–1500s diffinityf, diffinytif, diffynytif(e, Middle English defynytyfe, defenytyffe, 1500s dyffinatyue, definytiue, 1500s–1600s diffinitive, 1600s definative, 1500s– definitive. Etymology: < Old French definitif, diffinitif, -ive (12th cent.), < Latin dē- , diffīnītīvus , < participial stem of dēfīnīre : see define v. A. adj. Having the function of defining, or of being definite. 1. a. Having the function of finally deciding or settling; decisive, determinative, conclusive, final: esp. in definitive sentence, and the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > conclusive, decisive definitivec1386 evident1421 concludent1571 deciding1577 decisive1584 decretal1608 decisory1611 concluding1620 evictive1624 silencing1646 conclusive1649 decretory1674 decretorian1679 decisional1687 critical1753 crucial1830 clinching1873–4 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > conclusive, final definitivec1386 last1509 peremptory1532 determinate1533 peremptorc1550 determined1561 concludent1571 finitive1593 concluding1620 conclusive1649 ultimate1688 undiscussible1860 unarguable1881 c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 172 The Iuge answerd of þis in his absence I may not ȝiue diffinityf sentence. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 135 The theef was..taken..and by sentence diffinytyf was hanged. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxiv. 35 It was the moneth of May folowyng, or [= ere] they had aunswere dyffinatyue. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. O6 Maye they as Capytall Iudges geue definytiue sentence of lyfe and death vpon malefactors. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 57 Vpon hearing of both parties, iudgment definatiue is giuen, and may not be repealed. 1688 Answer Talon's Plea 3 Barely to say with a definitive Gravity, Here's a great abuse. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. ii. 10 Expecting a definitive answer. 1763 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) I. 84 The definitive treaty is now signed. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 527 A jury had pronounced: the verdict was definitive. †b. transferred of persons. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] stallc1275 unflichinga1340 adviseda1393 affirmed1440 constant1481 resolved1518 resolute1522 well-settled?1532 ratified1533 unbashed1536 bent1548 well-resolved1565 unabashed1571 determinate1587 undaunted1587 peremptory1589 confirmed1594 decretal1608 pight1608 intent1610 definitivea1616 unshrinkinga1616 naylessa1618 pitched1642 decisive1658 martyrly1659 certain1667 fell1667 decretory1674 martyrial1678 decretorian1679 invariable1696 unflinching1728 hell-bent1731 decided1767 determined1773 iron-headed1787 adamantine1788 unwincing1802 stick-at-nothing1805 adamant1816 hard-set1818 rock-like1833 bound1844 do-or-die1851 unbased1860 focused1888 capable de tout1899 purposive1903 go-for-broke1946 hard rock1947 take-no-shit1992 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 424 Neuer craue him, we are definitiue..Away with him to death. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. v. 176 Desiring rather to be scepticall then definitive in the causes of Gods judgements. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 286 I will make you..my Adviser in this Matter; tho' not perhaps my definitive Judge. c. That settles or determines bounds or limits. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > restricting or limiting > that fixes limits delimiting1849 definitive1860 delimitative1883 1860 J. P. Kennedy Mem. W. Wirt I. xiii. 164 [This] point of view should lead to a just and definitive limitation of the boundaries. 2. Having the character of finality as a product; determinate, definite, fixed and final. Of an edition of a literary work, a textbook, etc.: authoritative; the most complete and authoritative to date. In Biology opposed to formative or primitive, as definitive organs, definitive aorta. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate firm1377 determinatec1386 certain1393 determinablec1400 precisec1443 finite1493 well-defined1551 definite1553 determined1570 set1594 perfixed1601 formed1605 punctual1615 well-marked1620 definitive1624 determinated1635 determinativea1676 clear-cut1843 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed > of statement or speaker utter1472 absolute?1504 peremptory1532 perfect1569 resolved1577 confident1611 categoricala1620 definitive1624 textuary1632 categorematical1654 categoric1678 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 53 [It] being indeede the very Definitiue Summe of this Art, to distribute vsefully and gracefully a well chosen Plot. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi Other Authors write often dubiously, even in matters wherein is expected a strict and definitive truth. View more context for this quotation 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 174 The temporary system established by the law of 1st August, 1793. The definitive system established by the law of 10th December, 1799. 1865 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 4/4 Some days will probably elapse before we shall be able to announce a definitive result. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. v. 399 A definitive orbit of the comet. 1882 A. C. Swinburne Let. 27 Sept. in Notes & Queries (1965) CCX. 304/2 Dr. Grosart..is about to publish what the French would call a ‘definitive edition’ of Daniel. 1887 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 8 484 With the four volumes first mentioned the Goethe Society in Weimar begins the publication of the definitive edition of Goethe's works. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 803 The primitive ovum divides; one of the cells thus produced grows into the definitive ovum. 1928 T. S. Eliot in E. Pound Sel. Poems p. vii This book is, in my eyes, rather a convenient Introduction to Pound's work than a definitive edition. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. iv. 44 Ampleforth..was engaged in producing garbled versions—definitive texts, they were called—of poems which had become ideologically offensive. 1959 Spectator 21 Aug. 235/1 That vague uneasiness one has come to feel in the presence of American ‘definitive’ biographies. †3. metaphorical. Having a definite position, but not occupying space: opposed to circumscriptive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adjective] > having a position but not occupying space definitive1657 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 188/1 Though thei be not cyrcumscribed in place..yet are thei and angels also diffinitively so placed where thei be for the time. 1624 N. De Lawne tr. Du Moulin Logick 27 The Philosophers..say that Bodies are in a place circumscriptively, and Soules definitively; because Soules are not limited or circumscribed by place, and yet a man may say..that they are here, or there, and not els-where.] 1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι in Wks. VII. 385 Definitive or circumscriptive, and some other of your distinctions..are but snares. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xi. 100 Who is it, that retains not a great part of the imposture, by allowing them a definitive Ubi, which is still but Imagination? 4. That makes or deals with definite statements. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [adjective] enunciative1531 exponent1581 definitivea1620 pronouncing1628 declarative1642 declaratory1660 enunciatory1693 exponential1730 statemental1880 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ix. §2. 296 Plutarch is more definitiue, and punctuall, in this point. 1862 Lit. Churchman VIII. 6/1 We should be glad to see more definitive teaching on the nature of Church Communion. 5. That serves to define or state exactly what a thing is; that specifies the individual referred to; esp. in Grammar. (Formerly used of the definite adj. and n. article, and of the finite adj. and n. verb.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > finite definite1728 definitive1731 finite1795 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. at Article Definitive Article, the article (the) so called, as fixing the sense of the word it is put before to one individual thing. 1765 W. Ward Ess. Gram. iv. iv. 164 Of the verb definitive. 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 797 To preserve a name of sect, which ought to be simply definitive, from sliding into a term of reproach. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iii. 211 When a noun of multitude is preceded by a definitive word, which clearly limits the sense to an aggregate with an idea of unity, it requires a verb..in the singular number: as, ‘A company of troops was detached..’. 1854 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Epist. Gal. (v. 10) 87 The..definitive force of the article. 6. Concerned with the definition of form or outline. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles plangent1666 dry1695 sticky1753 flat1755 spotty1798 touchy1809 definitive1815 edgy1825 painty1827 scratchy1827 unideal1838 tinglish1855 generalist1858 tinny1877 Christmas-cardy1883 tinty1883 surfacy1887 chocolate box1892 chocolate-boxy1894 Christmas card1895 juicy1897 candy box1898 pastose1901 busy1909 pompier1914 posterish1914 painterly1932 X-ray1940 illusional1942 all-over1948 figurative1960 hard-edge1961 1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 76 115 The lineless delicate contours of youth and bloom embarrass the definitive skill even of a Correggio. B. n. (the adj. used elliptically) †1. A definitive sentence, judgement, or pronouncement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > a statement or declaration pretence1440 mentiona1470 profession1526 resolution1594 definitive1595 propound1599 enunciation1628 expression1635 express1646 declarative1651 assert1655 statement1775 enouncementa1856 sayable1957 1595 W. Hubbock Apol. Infants 11 Is there no pardon from this general damnatorie sentence and cruell definitiue? 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 134 in Justice Vindicated Judgment is the definitive of him who by right commands, permits, or forbids a thing. 1804 European Mag. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1805) 8 135 In spite of the Definitive, we shall have another battle of the books. 2. Grammar A definitive word. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > determiner > [noun] > article > definite definite article1728 definitive1751 1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. i. 214 Definitives..are commonly called by Grammarians, Articles, Articuli, ἄρθρα. They are of two kinds, either those properly..so called, or else the Pronominal Articles, such as This, That, Any, &c. 1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα i. 27 About the time of Aristotle, when a fourth part of the speech was added,—the definitive, or article. 1816 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 3) I. ii. ii. 71 As articles are by their nature definitives..they cannot be united with such words as are..as definite as they may be; (the personal pronouns for instance..). Draft additions 1993 b. Philately. Of a postage stamp: belonging to or forming part of the standard issue of a country. Cf. provisional adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adjective] > types of postage stamp provisional1883 definitive1929 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp > types of black1863 penny black1863 local1865 error1866 toadskin1867 fiscal1869 imperforate1874 tête-bêche1874 halfpenny1881 provisional1885 British colonial1902 precancel1903 definitive1929 airmail1930 pictorial1934 perfin1945 1929 K. B. Stiles Stamps i. 8 Once more, provisionals appeared. These in turn were replaced by definitive stamps inscribed with the newly required values. 1961 K. F. Chapman Commonwealth Stamp Collecting ii. 34 Both territories..have issued definitive stamps recognized by the Universal Postal Union for international use. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Apr. 1/4 It is the first time the queen has not been on the definitive stamp. 1986 Sunday Express 21 Dec. 6/8 While 12p Christmas stamps were OK, 12p definitive stamps were not. Draft additions 1993 3. Philately. A definitive postage stamp. ΚΠ 1929 K. B. Stiles Stamps i. 7 Stamps which are called definitives..are of permanent character—for use regularly until such time as the government issuing them shall decide to replace them with stamps of another design. 1961 K. F. Chapman Commonwealth Stamp Collecting ii. 34 The low value definitives with naye paise surcharges began to appear in 1960. 1986 Stamp Mag. Feb. 70/4 The initial issue will be of definitives (5, 30, 60 and 150 cents) and ‘independence’ commemoratives. 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