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   Determinate , a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.]
   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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   Conclusive; decisive; positive.
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   The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
   Acts ii. 23.
   
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   Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
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   My determinate voyage.
   Shak.
   
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   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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   Determinate , 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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