determined

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DETERMINED, participle passive 1. Ended; concluded; decided; limited; fixed; settled; resolved; directed. 2. adjective Having a firm or fixed purpose, as a determined man; or manifesting a firm resolution, as a determined countenance.
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