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.]
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