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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. i. 1. To come to an end to end to terminate. [Obs.] He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. --South. Estates may determine on future contingencies. --Blackstone. 2. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on ``Determine on some course.'' --Shak. He shall pay as the judges determine. --Ex. xxi. 22. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Determined}; p. pr & vb n. {Determining}.] [F. d['e]terminer, L. determinare, determinatum de + terminare limit, terminus limit. See {Term}.] 1. To fix the boundaries of to mark off and separate. [God] hath determined the times before appointed. --Acts xvii. 26. 2. To set bounds to to fix the determination of to limit; to bound; to bring to an end to finish. The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. --Bacon. Now where is he that will not stay so long Till his friend sickness hath determined me? --Shak. 3. To fix the form or character of to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle. The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. --J. Edwards. Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. --W. Black. 4. To fix the course of to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to as another's will determined me to this course. 5. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of to assign to its true place in a system; as to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name 6. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as the court has determined the cause 7. To resolve on to have a fixed intention of also to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as this determined him to go immediately. 8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia. 9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of as to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: determine v 1: after a calculation, investigation, experiment, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn: {find}, {find out}, {ascertain}] 2: shape or influence; give direction to "experience often determines ability" [syn: {shape}, {influence}, {regulate}] 3: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: {set}] 4: decide upon as of variables in math [syn: {specify}, {set}, {fix}] 5: reach, make or come to a decision about something "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: {decide}, {make up one's mind}] 6: fix in scope; fix the boundaries of the tree determines the border of the property 7: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" [syn: {settle}, {square off}, {square up}] 8: find out or learn with certainty; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "Watch how he will react" [syn: {check}, {find out}, {see}, {ascertain}, {watch}, {learn}]
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