
Noah Webster
Determinate
DETERMINATE, adjective [Latin]
1. Limited; fixed; definite; as a determinate quantity of matter.
2. Established; settled; positive; as a determinate rule or order.
The determinate counsel of God. Acts 2:23.
3. Decisive; conclusive; as a determinate resolution or judgment.
4. Resolved on.
5. Fixed; resolute.
DETERMINATE, verb transitive To limit. [Not used. See Determine.]