determine

To set the boundaries or limits of.

• [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
• The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.

To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

• Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

• The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
• something divinely beautiful […] that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.

• The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

• The court has determined the cause.

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

• I determined to go home at once.

To define or limit by adding a differentia.

To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.intransitivetransitive

• Novv, vvhere is hee, that vvill not ſtay ſo long Till his Friend ſickneſſe hath determin'd me?
• […] whose assemblies are continued […] for the space of seven moons, after which their authority determines, and writs are issued for new elections.