definitizev.
rare.
transitive. To make definite.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > make firm, establish
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1876 A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 135 The Church..definitized and generalized opinions.
1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 632 The ‘his’ then outstanding had to be definitised.
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