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terminating |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terminated}; p. pr & vb n. {Terminating}.] [L. terminatus p. p. of terminare. See {Term}.] 1. To set a term or limit to to form the extreme point or side of to bound; to limit; as to terminate a surface by a line 2. To put an end to to make to cease; as to terminate an effort, or a controversy. 3. Hence to put the finishing touch to to bring to completion; to perfect. During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art. --J. S. Harford.
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