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Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, v. t.
To bring to an end; to determine. See {Determine}. [Obs.]
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The sly, slow hours shall not determinate
The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.
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Determinate \De*ter"mi*nate\, 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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