determinate

1. 1

   Distinct, clearly defined.not-comparable

   • Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
   • […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service.
2. 2

   Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.not-comparable

   • […] 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 / […]
   • [S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpoſe which generally inſures ſucceſs.
3. 3

   Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.not-comparable

4. 4

   Conclusive; decisive; positive.not-comparable

5. 5

   Determined or resolved upon.not-comparableobsolete

   • My determinate voyage.
6. 6

   Of determined purpose; resolute.not-comparable

   • More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.

ant. indeterminate · nondeterminate · antonym(s) of

1. 1

   A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

   • And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged.

1. 1

   To bring to an end; to determine.obsolete

   • The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.