De*ter"mi*nate (?), a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.]
1.
Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
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.
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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.
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