determinative

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DETERMINATIVE, adjective 1. That uncontrollably directs to a certain end. The determinative power of a just cause. 2. Limiting; that limits or bounds; as, a word may be determinative and limit the subject.
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