determinate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex

   Determinate growth.

2. 2
   adj

   Distinct, clearly defined.

   Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.

3. 3
   adj

   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 / […].

4. 4
   adj

   Determined or resolved upon.

   My determinate voyage.

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.

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