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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, a. [L. definitivus: cf F. d['e]finitif.] 1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. --Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. --Prescott. 2. Limiting; determining; as a definitive word 3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun such as the definite article, and some pronouns. Note: Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those properly and strictly so called or else pronominal articles, such as this that any other some all no none, etc --Harris (Hermes). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: definitive adj 1: clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney [syn: {unequivocal}] 2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn: {authoritative}, {classical}] 3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" [syn: {determinate}]
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