determinateadj.n.

/dɪˈtəːmɪnət/

Etymology: < Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre to determine v.

That has been or is determined: in the chief senses of the verb.

A. adj.

I. As past participle.

1. = determined adj. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adjective] > certified, verified

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c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §18. 29 (heading) To knowe the degrees of the longitudes of fixe sterres after þat they ben determinat in thin astrolabie.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §21. 11 Sterres fixes, with hir longitudes & latitudes determynat.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Ep., in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 111 By Raymond and others determynate.

1560 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xvii. 216 So that their causes be determinate within three weeks.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxvii. sig. F3 My bonds in thee are all determinate .

1885 R. Bridges Nero ii. iii. 8/2 The seasons, lady, Of divination are determinate By stars and special omens.

II. As adjective.

a. Definitely bound or limited, in time, space, extent, position, character, or nature; definite, fixed; clearly defined or individualized; distinct, as opposed to vague, undefined, or indefinite.

ΘΚΠ

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

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precisec1443

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set1594

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formed1605

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definitive1624

determinated1635

determinativea1676

clear-cut1843

c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 161 Han ye figure thanne determinat In helle ther ye been in youre estat?

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiii. i. (Tollem. MS.) Water haþ no determinate qualite, noþer coloure, noþer sauoure.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 287 A determinate place in the ryuer that is abowte Lincoln.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 721/2 The saluacion of any determinate persone yet liuying.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlv^v Taken and concluded for a determinate season.

1613 J. Salkeld Treat. Angels 22 They seeme to define some determinate number of Angels.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §602 Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate Bodies are not.

a1679 T. Hobbes Seven Philos. Probl. (1682) ii. 14 A certain and determinate distance.

1707–8 G. Berkeley Philos. Comm. (1989) 83 The clear & determinate meaning of my Words.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 140 The possession of lands or tenements, for some determinate period.

1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit i. 6 It must also be round, or square, or of some other determinate form.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 26 Consecrated bishop without any determinate see.

1845 H. Rogers Ess. I. iii. 102 He has clothed the determinate quantities of arithmetic in the universal symbols of algebra.

1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 201 In time, my doubts, as usual, assumed a determinate shape.

1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §112 Determinate vapour pressure corresponds to determinate temperature.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. xii. 351 The sovereign is a determinate human superior.

b. Limited, restricted, finite: opposed to infinite, unbounded.

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]

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1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 33 The determinate glory of an earthly prince.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. i. 50 Our soule being of a determinate power and activitie cannot attend exactly to twoo vehement and intensive operations together.

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 6 A superiority..over limited and determinate chardges.

c. Mathematics. Having a fixed value or magnitude. (Opposed to indeterminate); determinate number, determinate problem: see quots.

ΚΠ

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature i. 13 As determinate and immutable as any ratio's are in mathematics.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Determinate, or Determined Problem, in Geometry, is that which has but one, or at least but a certain, definite Number of Solutions; in Contra-distinction to an Indeterminate Problem, which admits of infinite Solutions.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Number A determinate Number, is that refer'd to some given Unit; as a Ternary, or three; which is what we properly call a Number.

1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §327 This problem is essentially determinate, but generally has multiple solutions.

1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. 59 There exists one determinate function u which has the given value at each point of S.

d. Botany. Of inflorescence: In which the terminal flower bud opens first, followed by those on the lateral branches; definite, centrifugal.

ΚΠ

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. v. 144 The kinds of Inflorescence are all reducible to two types..Indeterminate and Determinate.

3. Settled, fixed, so as not to vary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]

truea1225

certain1297

standing1457

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resident1525

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staid?1541

constantc1550

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staple1621

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irradicable1728

incoercible1756

hard and fast1822

unstrangulable1824

lockstep1831

statical1853

static1856

flatline1946

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts ii. 23 The determinat counsell and foreknoweledge of God.

1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 9 The which order..shall stande..for a full determinate order.

1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 10 A determinate fourme of praiyng.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 21 There can be no certaine and determinate science, from particular to particular.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xvii. 120 To what end is the freedome of man, if hee cannot auoid the determinate order of the Starres?

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ii. 29 Virtue and Religion..require..that every Action be directed by some determinate Rule.

1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 22 Smitten with a determinate aversion to popularity.

1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism i. 4 There should be a determinate order of precedence among them.

4. Finally determined upon or decided; expressing a final decision; definitive; conclusive, final.

ΘΚΠ

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

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finitive1593

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conclusive1649

ultimate1688

undiscussible1860

unarguable1881

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 12 The determinate and plaine iudgementes of the said sondrie vniuersitees.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vii. f. 15^v Not onely myne opinion herein, but also my determynate sentence.

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. v. f. 18 To consulte vpon some determinate answere.

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A^v I had rather referre it, as a disputatiue plea to diuines, than set it downe as a determinate position.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Jer. xv. Comm. He confirmeth the same determinate sentence of their punishment.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 303 The Reasonableness of a proportionate Taste, and determinate Choice.

1803 J. Collins in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 151 No determinate reply could be given to the letter.

5. Determined upon, intended.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention

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purposedc1422

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aforethought1472

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resolved1624

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intentionate1631

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propense1650

consultive1651

(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692

conscious1726

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systematic1746

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systematical1750

prepensive1752

advertent1832

self-conscious1832

volitive1839

designful1852

purposeful1853

purposive1864

thought-controlled1926

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 249 To driue him from his determinate purpose.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. i. 9 My determinate voyage is meere extrauagancie.

6. Fixed in mind or purpose, determined, resolved, resolute.

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

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unshrinkinga1616

naylessa1618

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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

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 316/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II That thing the heart thought, and was determinat to doo.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 8 Men..of determinate minds and courage.

1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 309 The most active and determinate adventurer of his age.

1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques iii. ix. 38 Nor am I perfectly determinate what species of animals to assign him to.

1781 S. Johnson Prior in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 35 A Tory so ardent and determinate, that he did not willingly consort with men of different opinions.

1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 343 Men of cool judgment, and determinate energetic character.

B. n.

1. Biology. (See determinant n. 4.)

ΚΠ

1893 W. N. Parker & H. Rönnfeldt tr. A. Weismann Germ-plasm i. i. 58 Similar hereditary parts or determinates may be observed in butterflies, in which the colours on the wings often form very complicated lines and spots of slight extent but of great constancy.

2. Philosophy. (See quot. 1893 at sense B. 1)

ΚΠ

1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. xi. 174 I propose to call such terms as colour and shape determinables in relation to such terms as red and circular which will be called determinates.

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† determinatev.

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin dētermināre: see determinate adj. and n.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To determine in time, space, or compass; to terminate, end, bound, limit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of

meteeOE

markeOE

mereOE

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to mark out1611

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to run out1671

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demarcate1816

outline1817

define1843

rope1862

delimit1879

delimitate1879

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 > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > limit or define

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1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 125 Gif we..limitatis and determinatis nocht the wisdum of God be our phantasie.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 144 The slie slow houres shall not determinate The datelesse limite of thy deere exile.

a1638 J. Mede Rem. Apoc. in Wks. (1672) iii. 602 Who would have them [prophetic months] taken for bare days, and determinated in the persecution of Antiochus.

1671 J. Crowne Juliana Ep. Ded. I have nothing to determinate my sight, but a bright and Serene Sky.

a. To determine or decide (a controversy or issue).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)]

redeOE

to-dealc1275

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award1393

decidec1400

decise?a1425

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discernc1425

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fit1600

moderate1602

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issue1650

settle1651

to cut the melon1911

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. iv. vii But let more hardy wits that truth determinate.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ix. §4. 27 They do plainly determinate the controversy.

1715 [see determinating n. and adj. at Derivatives].

b. intransitive. To decide, come to a decision.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)]

choosec1320

definec1374

to take advisementa1393

appointc1440

conclude1452

to come to (an) anchor?1473

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resolvea1528

rest1530

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point1560

decide1572

to set (up) one's rest1572

to set down one's rest1578

to make account1583

to fix the staff1584

to take a party1585

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set1638

determinate1639

pitch1666

devise1714

pre-resolve1760

settle1782

to make up one's mind1859

1639 Marquis of Hamilton Explan. Meaning Oath 15 To treat, consult, or determinate in any matter of state.

1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 6 The absolute authority of determinating residing in the chief magistracies of every City.

3. transitive. To ordain, appoint.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint

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i-demeOE

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stevenOE

redeOE

willOE

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direct1816

1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. 83 The free government propounds honours and rewards upon some worthy and determinated occasions.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 151 Although nature, and every naturall agent, be..determinated to one effect.

4. To direct to some end; to determine the course of; to guide authoritatively or decisively.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > guide > decisively

determinea1430

determinatea1640

a1640 [see determinating n. and adj. at Derivatives].

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. xi. 39 To determinate the course of the Spirits into this or that part of the Body.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 43 If we should apprehend more Gods than one, I know not what could determinate us in any instant to the actual adoration of any one.

a1683 B. Whichcote Several Disc. (1703) III. 36 'Tis no disparagement to the Highest and wisest to be ruled and determinated by the reason of things.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 61 This Aspect, apt to cause Winds, is apt also to determinate them to the West and to the South.

5. To fix upon definitely, define, individualize, identify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely

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definec1374

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expressc1400

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designate1677

determinate1681

precise1793

precisionize1847

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel iv. (Notes) 123 The person is determinated in Artaxerxes.

1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus ii. 237 Though the Sir-name of the party be wanting, yet he is determinated so by other circumstances.

6. To render determinate or definite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > render determinate or definite

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determinate1672

to fasten down1694

define1790

plumb-line1875

pinpoint1922

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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tailc1315

terminea1325

foundc1394

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terminate?a1475

tailyec1480

to lay down1493

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pitch1610

assign1664

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settle1733

to set at rest1826

definitize1876

cinch1900

1672 J. Gregory Let. 23 Sept. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 236 The most ready general method..for determinating all equations.

7. To ascertain definitely.

ΘΚΠ

trowa901

lookc1175

take1469

ascertaina1513

certain1523

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establish1533

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tie1623

secure1630

to make sure1644

true1647

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authenticate1753

constatea1773

verify1801

validate1957

1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 297 The more precise determinating of the Difference of Meridians.

1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. ii. xii. 96 As nearly..as their coarse observations would enable them to determinate.

Derivatives

deˈterminated adj.

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

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definite1553

determined1570

set1594

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formed1605

punctual1615

well-marked1620

definitive1624

determinated1635

determinativea1676

clear-cut1843

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 137 A prefixed and determinated time of monthes or yeeres.

deˈterminating n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]

doomc950

redeOE

lookingc1300

assizec1314

judging1357

definitionc1384

man's dayc1384

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syndication1650

judication1651

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adjudicature1783

call1902

a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) 2 A determinating of the very will.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xliii. 353 His final judging and determinating of Suits of Law, by the meer Chance..of the Dice.

1715 J. Barker Exilius i. 83 Sent for..to give my determinating Voice before the Senate.

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单词	determinate
释义	determinateadj.n. /dɪˈtəːmɪnət/ Etymology: < Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre to determine v. That has been or is determined: in the chief senses of the verb. A. adj. I. As past participle. 1. = determined adj. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adjective] > certified, verified experta1387 determinatec1400 triedc1412 approved1489 experimented1545 certificate1547 experienced1569 assured1574 certified1611 warranteda1616 determined1817 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §18. 29 (heading) To knowe the degrees of the longitudes of fixe sterres after þat they ben determinat in thin astrolabie. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §21. 11 Sterres fixes, with hir longitudes & latitudes determynat. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Ep., in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 111 By Raymond and others determynate. 1560 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xvii. 216 So that their causes be determinate within three weeks. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxvii. sig. F3 My bonds in thee are all determinate . View more context for this quotation 1885 R. Bridges Nero ii. iii. 8/2 The seasons, lady, Of divination are determinate By stars and special omens. II. As adjective. 2. a. Definitely bound or limited, in time, space, extent, position, character, or nature; definite, fixed; clearly defined or individualized; distinct, as opposed to vague, undefined, or indefinite. 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 c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 161 Han ye figure thanne determinat In helle ther ye been in youre estat? 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiii. i. (Tollem. MS.) Water haþ no determinate qualite, noþer coloure, noþer sauoure. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 287 A determinate place in the ryuer that is abowte Lincoln. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 721/2 The saluacion of any determinate persone yet liuying. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlv^v Taken and concluded for a determinate season. 1613 J. Salkeld Treat. Angels 22 They seeme to define some determinate number of Angels. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §602 Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate Bodies are not. a1679 T. Hobbes Seven Philos. Probl. (1682) ii. 14 A certain and determinate distance. 1707–8 G. Berkeley Philos. Comm. (1989) 83 The clear & determinate meaning of my Words. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 140 The possession of lands or tenements, for some determinate period. 1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit i. 6 It must also be round, or square, or of some other determinate form. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 26 Consecrated bishop without any determinate see. 1845 H. Rogers Ess. I. iii. 102 He has clothed the determinate quantities of arithmetic in the universal symbols of algebra. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 201 In time, my doubts, as usual, assumed a determinate shape. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §112 Determinate vapour pressure corresponds to determinate temperature. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. xii. 351 The sovereign is a determinate human superior. b. Limited, restricted, finite: opposed to infinite, unbounded. 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] narroweOE restraint1445 modifiedc1485 limitate1541 restricteda1550 strait-laced1549 scant1556 circumcised1561 contract1561 restrained1578 determinate1586 limited1590 restrict1597 strict1597 confined1605 determineda1616 limitary1620 prescript1645 modificated1646 circumscribed1647 conscribed1654 limitated1654 reserved1654 coarctated1655 straiteneda1665 unabsolute1694 stinted1710 bounded1711 contracted1711 cramped1741 special1815 municipal1856 fine-cut1894 stingy1927 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 33 The determinate glory of an earthly prince. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. i. 50 Our soule being of a determinate power and activitie cannot attend exactly to twoo vehement and intensive operations together. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 6 A superiority..over limited and determinate chardges. c. Mathematics. Having a fixed value or magnitude. (Opposed to indeterminate); determinate number, determinate problem: see quots. ΚΠ 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature i. 13 As determinate and immutable as any ratio's are in mathematics. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Determinate, or Determined Problem, in Geometry, is that which has but one, or at least but a certain, definite Number of Solutions; in Contra-distinction to an Indeterminate Problem, which admits of infinite Solutions. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Number A determinate Number, is that refer'd to some given Unit; as a Ternary, or three; which is what we properly call a Number. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §327 This problem is essentially determinate, but generally has multiple solutions. 1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. 59 There exists one determinate function u which has the given value at each point of S. d. Botany. Of inflorescence: In which the terminal flower bud opens first, followed by those on the lateral branches; definite, centrifugal. ΚΠ 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. v. 144 The kinds of Inflorescence are all reducible to two types..Indeterminate and Determinate. 3. Settled, fixed, so as not to vary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] truea1225 certain1297 standing1457 surec1475 stable1481 finite1493 resident1525 determinate1526 staid?1541 constantc1550 undiscomfitablea1555 inveterate1563 sound1565 unwanderinga1569 fixed1574 undisturbable1577 wishly1578 unremovable1579 inveterated1597 immoved1599 rigid1610 staple1621 consistent1648 irradicable1728 incoercible1756 hard and fast1822 unstrangulable1824 lockstep1831 statical1853 static1856 flatline1946 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts ii. 23 The determinat counsell and foreknoweledge of God. 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 9 The which order..shall stande..for a full determinate order. 1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 10 A determinate fourme of praiyng. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 21 There can be no certaine and determinate science, from particular to particular. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xvii. 120 To what end is the freedome of man, if hee cannot auoid the determinate order of the Starres? 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ii. 29 Virtue and Religion..require..that every Action be directed by some determinate Rule. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 22 Smitten with a determinate aversion to popularity. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism i. 4 There should be a determinate order of precedence among them. 4. Finally determined upon or decided; expressing a final decision; definitive; conclusive, final. ΘΚΠ 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 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 12 The determinate and plaine iudgementes of the said sondrie vniuersitees. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vii. f. 15^v Not onely myne opinion herein, but also my determynate sentence. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. v. f. 18 To consulte vpon some determinate answere. 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A^v I had rather referre it, as a disputatiue plea to diuines, than set it downe as a determinate position. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Jer. xv. Comm. He confirmeth the same determinate sentence of their punishment. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 303 The Reasonableness of a proportionate Taste, and determinate Choice. 1803 J. Collins in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 151 No determinate reply could be given to the letter. 5. Determined upon, intended. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention bethoughtc1200 expressa1400 wilfula1400 purposedc1422 purpensed1436 malice prepensed1454 aforethought1472 studiedc1475 setc1485 voluntary1495 deliberate?1527 willing1550 witting1553 propensed1560 fore-intendeda1586 affected1586 designed1586 determinate1586 intended1592 deliberated1594 uncasual1614 recollecteda1616 resolved1624 industriousa1628 intentionate1631 pre-intended1636 advised1642 malice prepense1647 sedentary1647 propense1650 consultive1651 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 conscious1726 intentionala1729 systematic1746 studious1750 systematical1750 prepensive1752 advertent1832 self-conscious1832 volitive1839 designful1852 purposeful1853 purposive1864 thought-controlled1926 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 249 To driue him from his determinate purpose. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. i. 9 My determinate voyage is meere extrauagancie. View more context for this quotation 6. Fixed in mind or purpose, determined, resolved, resolute. 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 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 316/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II That thing the heart thought, and was determinat to doo. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 8 Men..of determinate minds and courage. 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 309 The most active and determinate adventurer of his age. 1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques iii. ix. 38 Nor am I perfectly determinate what species of animals to assign him to. 1781 S. Johnson Prior in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 35 A Tory so ardent and determinate, that he did not willingly consort with men of different opinions. 1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 343 Men of cool judgment, and determinate energetic character. B. n. 1. Biology. (See determinant n. 4.) ΚΠ 1893 W. N. Parker & H. Rönnfeldt tr. A. Weismann Germ-plasm i. i. 58 Similar hereditary parts or determinates may be observed in butterflies, in which the colours on the wings often form very complicated lines and spots of slight extent but of great constancy. 2. Philosophy. (See quot. 1893 at sense B. 1) ΚΠ 1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. xi. 174 I propose to call such terms as colour and shape determinables in relation to such terms as red and circular which will be called determinates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † determinatev. Etymology: < participial stem of Latin dētermināre: see determinate adj. and n. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To determine in time, space, or compass; to terminate, end, bound, limit. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of meteeOE markeOE mereOE bound1393 determinea1398 terminea1398 rede1415 measurea1513 butt1523 space1548 limit1555 determinate1563 to mark out1611 contermine1624 to run out1671 verge1759 demarcate1816 outline1817 define1843 rope1862 delimit1879 delimitate1879 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 > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > limit or define definec1400 hedgec1440 determinate1563 demark1834 delimit1849 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 125 Gif we..limitatis and determinatis nocht the wisdum of God be our phantasie. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 144 The slie slow houres shall not determinate The datelesse limite of thy deere exile. View more context for this quotation a1638 J. Mede Rem. Apoc. in Wks. (1672) iii. 602 Who would have them [prophetic months] taken for bare days, and determinated in the persecution of Antiochus. 1671 J. Crowne Juliana Ep. Ded. I have nothing to determinate my sight, but a bright and Serene Sky. 2. a. To determine or decide (a controversy or issue). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)] redeOE to-dealc1275 deraignc1330 determinec1380 award1393 decidec1400 decise?a1425 decernc1425 discernc1425 arbitrea1513 deema1513 moder1534 resolve1586 divide1596 arbitrate1597 fit1600 moderate1602 umpire1609 sopite1628 appointa1631 determinate1647 issue1650 settle1651 to cut the melon1911 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. iv. vii But let more hardy wits that truth determinate. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ix. §4. 27 They do plainly determinate the controversy. 1715 [see determinating n. and adj. at Derivatives]. b. intransitive. To decide, come to a decision. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] choosec1320 definec1374 to take advisementa1393 appointc1440 conclude1452 to come to (an) anchor?1473 deliber1485 determine1509 resolvea1528 rest1530 deliberate1550 point1560 decide1572 to set (up) one's rest1572 to set down one's rest1578 to make account1583 to fix the staff1584 to take a party1585 fadge1592 set1638 determinate1639 pitch1666 devise1714 pre-resolve1760 settle1782 to make up one's mind1859 1639 Marquis of Hamilton Explan. Meaning Oath 15 To treat, consult, or determinate in any matter of state. 1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 6 The absolute authority of determinating residing in the chief magistracies of every City. 3. transitive. To ordain, appoint. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. 83 The free government propounds honours and rewards upon some worthy and determinated occasions. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 151 Although nature, and every naturall agent, be..determinated to one effect. 4. To direct to some end; to determine the course of; to guide authoritatively or decisively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > guide > decisively determinea1430 determinatea1640 a1640 [see determinating n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. xi. 39 To determinate the course of the Spirits into this or that part of the Body. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 43 If we should apprehend more Gods than one, I know not what could determinate us in any instant to the actual adoration of any one. a1683 B. Whichcote Several Disc. (1703) III. 36 'Tis no disparagement to the Highest and wisest to be ruled and determinated by the reason of things. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 61 This Aspect, apt to cause Winds, is apt also to determinate them to the West and to the South. 5. To fix upon definitely, define, individualize, identify. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely notea1325 specifyc1340 definec1374 assign1377 expressc1400 stevenc1425 condescend1510 particulate1579 particularize1593 particular1605 specialize1616 specificate1649 individualize1655 designate1677 determinate1681 precise1793 precisionize1847 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel iv. (Notes) 123 The person is determinated in Artaxerxes. 1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus ii. 237 Though the Sir-name of the party be wanting, yet he is determinated so by other circumstances. 6. To render determinate or definite. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > render determinate or definite conditionate1646 determinate1672 to fasten down1694 define1790 plumb-line1875 pinpoint1922 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 i-fastc950 tailc1315 terminea1325 foundc1394 stablish1447 terminate?a1475 tailyec1480 to lay down1493 ascertain1494 bishop1596 salve1596 pitch1610 assign1664 determinate1672 settle1733 to set at rest1826 definitize1876 cinch1900 1672 J. Gregory Let. 23 Sept. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 236 The most ready general method..for determinating all equations. 7. To ascertain definitely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > establish as fact, ascertain trowa901 lookc1175 take1469 ascertaina1513 certain1523 favoura1530 establish1533 try1542 try1582 tie1623 secure1630 to make sure1644 true1647 determine1650 determinate1666 authenticate1753 constatea1773 verify1801 validate1957 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 297 The more precise determinating of the Difference of Meridians. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. ii. xii. 96 As nearly..as their coarse observations would enable them to determinate. Derivatives deˈterminated adj. 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 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 137 A prefixed and determinated time of monthes or yeeres. deˈterminating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] doomc950 redeOE lookingc1300 assizec1314 judging1357 definitionc1384 man's dayc1384 termination1395 discretiona1400 discussiona1425 decidingc1443 judicial1447 decisionc1454 arbitry1489 determinationa1513 determining1530 decerninga1535 discuss1556 discussment1559 thought1579 decernment1586 arbitrage1601 dijudication1615 crisis1623 decidementa1640 determinatinga1640 discernment1646 syndication1650 judication1651 dijudicatinga1656 adjudicature1783 call1902 a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) 2 A determinating of the very will. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xliii. 353 His final judging and determinating of Suits of Law, by the meer Chance..of the Dice. 1715 J. Barker Exilius i. 83 Sent for..to give my determinating Voice before the Senate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1386v.1563
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