DETERMINATELY

Etymology

Adverb

determinately (comparative more determinately, superlative most determinately)

In a way that is determinate

Source: Wiktionary


De*ter"mi*nate*ly, adv.

1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably. The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them. Tillotson.

2. Resolutely; unchangeably. Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P. Sidney.

DETERMINATE

De*ter"mi*nate, a. Etym: [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.

De*ter"mi*nate, v. t.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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