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Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.

Dryden.

2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.

The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.

Acts ii. 23.

3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]

My determinate voyage.

Shak.

4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]

More determinate to do than skillful how to do.

Sir P. Sidney.

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.

De*ter"mi*nate (?), v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]

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

Shak.

De*ter"mi*nate*ly (?), adv. 1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.

The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them.

Tillotson.

2. Resolutely; unchangeably.

Being determinately . . . bent to marry.

Sir P. Sidney.

De*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. State of being determinate.

De*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. determinatio boundary, end: cf. F. détermination.] 1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

A speedy determination of that war.

Ludlow.

3. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

Remissness can by no means consist with a constant determination of the will . . . to the greatest apparent good.