Determinate (?), a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.] 1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
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Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. Dryden.
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2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
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The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Acts ii. 23.
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3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
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My determinate voyage. Shak.
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4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
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More determinate to do than skillful how to do. Sir P. Sidney.
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Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal inflorescence. -- Determinate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions. -- Determinate quantities, Determinate equations (Math.), those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem or equation determine the number.
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