determinative 
terminatus, pp. of determinare, determine: see 
determine.] I. . 1. Having power to deter- 
mine, lix, or decide; tending or serving to shape 
or direct ; conclusive. 
Tim detri'ttiiitfitice power of a just cause. 
Alip. liraitthall, Against Uobbes. 
Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I.Taylor. 
2. Of use in ascertaining the species; serving 
to determine the precise kind of a thing: as, de- 
trriiiinative tables in the natural sciences (that 
is, tables arranged for determining the specific 
character of minerals, plants, etc., and to assist 
in assigning them to their species); determina- 
tive signs in hieroglyphics; determinatiee orna- 
ments or structures. 
If the term added to make up the complex subject does 
nut necessarily or constantly belong to it, then it is deter- 
,,,,, it, ,-, , and limits the subject to a particular part of its 
extension : as, Every pious man shall be happy. 
Wattt, Logic, It. 2. 
Determinative Judgment, in loyic, a definitive judg- 
ment; one in which lonMthtag is held as true: opposed 
to prpvlematiftil or inti'ri'vfjatiot jvdrtment. 
II. a. That which determines or indicates the 
character or quality of something else. Specifi- 
cally (a) In hieroglyphics, an ideographic sign annexed 
to a word expressed by a phonetic sign, for the purpose of 
denning its signillcation. Thus, the conventional figure 
of a tree in the Egyptian hieroglyphics is determinative of 
the general idea tree, the particular kind of tree being 
expressed by the phonetic sign preceding it. 
For Instance, the picture of a man squatting down is 
used as the generic aetenni tuitioe for the proper names of 
persons, for pronouns, and participles. 
Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, I. 60. 
(6) In rrram., a determinative or demonstrative word. 
determinate (da-ter-me-na'to), adv. [It., de- 
termined, pp. of determiiiare, < L. determinare, 
determine: see determinate, a., and determine,] 
In music, with resolution or firmness. 
determinator (de-ter'mi-na-tor), n. [= OF. de- 
termineoi; deterniinour, also determinateur = It. 
deter minatore, < LL. determinator, < L. determi- 
nare, pp. determinate, determine : see deter- 
in inr.] One who determines or decides ; an ar- 
bitrator. [Rare.] 
Choose them an author out of all protestant divines, 
whom they would make umpire and determinator between 
us and them. Bp. Morion, Episcopacy Asserted, p. 29. 
determine (de-ter'min), )'. ; pret. and pp. de- 
tfrniiiiftl, ppr. determining. [< ME. determinen, 
< OF. determiner, F. determiner = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
determinar = It. determinare. < L. determinare, 
bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine, < de- + 
terminare, bound, limit: see term, terminate, de- 
terminate.] I. trans. 1. To fix the bounds of ; 
mark off ; settle ; fix ; establish. 
[God] hath made of one blood all nations of men for to 
dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the 
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habita- 
tion. AcU xvil. 26. 
2. To limit in space or extent; form the limits 
of; bound; shut in: as, yonder hill determines 
our view. 
The knowledge of man hitherto hath been determined 
by the view or sight. 
3. To ascertain or state definitely; make out; 
find out ; settle ; decide upon, as after consid- 
eration or investigation: as, to determine the 
species of an animal or a plant ; to determine 
the height of a mountain, or the quantity of 
nitrogen in the atmosphere. 
New Holland is a very large tract of Land. It Is not yet 
determined whether it is an Island or a main Continent. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 463. 
It would be presumption to attempt to determine the 
employments of that eternal life which good men are to 
pass in God's presence. 
J. U. Newman, Parochial Sermons, L 4. 
Here be facts, charactery ; what they spell 
Determine, and thence pick what sense you may ! 
Krti'nhi'i, King and Book, I. 124. 
4. In logic, to explain or limit by adding dif- 
ferences. 5. To bring to a conclusion; put an 
end to ; end. 
Death determineth the manifold incoramoditles and pain- 
fulness of this wretchedness of this life. 
Sir T. More, Life of Picus, in t'topla, Int., p. Kxx. 
Those . . . would flourish but a short period of time, 
and be out of vogue when that was determined. 
Xti'ift, Gulliver's Travels, ill. 8. 
An act of the will whereby an estate at will is deter- 
' or put an end to. Blackxtfim', Com., II. 140. 
Specifically 6. To find, as the solution of a 
problem ; end, as a dispute, by judicial or other 
final decision: as, the court determined the 
cause. 
They still besiege him, being ambitious only 
To come to blows, and let their swords determine 
Who hath the better cause. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, I. 1. 
1573 
Milton's subject . . . does not determine the fate of tin- 
gle persons or nations, but of a whole species. Additon. 
In convocation, on the 31st, the question that the pope 
has no more power than any other bishop was determined. 
atuobt, Medieval and .Modem Hist., p. 286. 
7. To fix or settle definitely; make specific or 
certain ; decide the state or character of. 
The character of the soul is determined by the character 
of its God. Kdirardf. 
The outer and living margin of the reef grows up to a 
height determined by the constant breaking of the waves. 
Darwin, Coral Reefs, p. 170. 
We all. each In hl> measure, help to determine, even If 
quite unknowingly, what the spirit of the age shall be. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lefts., p. 216. 
8. To come to a definite intention in respect 
of; resolve on; decide: as, he determined to re- 
main. 
Paul had determined to sail by Ephes.ua. AcU xx. 16. 
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. 
Sheridan. 
Murder wag determined, dared and done. 
Browniny, Ring and Book, I. 185. 
9. To give direction or tendency to ; decide the 
course of : as, impulse may determine a moving 
body to this or that point. 
In the tale of Mellbwus his [Chaucer's] Inimitable faculty 
of story -telling comes to his aid, and determine! his sen- 
tences to a little more variety and picturcsqueness. 
S. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 10. 
Let celestial aspects admonish and advertise, not con- 
clude and determine thy ways. 
Sir T. Brotene, Christ Mor., Hi. 7. 
Uneasiness Is the great motive that works on the mind 
to put It upon action, which for shortness' sake we will 
call determining of the will. Locke. 
10. To influence the choice of; cause to come 
to a conclusion or resolution: as, this circum- 
stance determined him to the study of law. 
Clara Clairmont . . . took credit to herself for having 
determined Shelley to travel abroad. 
E. Domlen, Shelley, II. 7. 
= 8yn. 2. To limit. 6. To ascertain, find out 8. To de- 
cide, conclude. 10. To Induce, influence, lead. 
II. intrans. If. To come to a decision or 
resolution; settle definitively on some line of 
conduct. 
Bind 'em fast : when fury hath given way to reason, 
I will determine of their sufferings, 
Which shall be horrid. 
Fletcher (and another), Sea Voyage, lii. 1. 
If you have laid my papers and books by, I pray let this 
messenger have them ; I have determined upon them. 
Donne, Letters, xxiil. 
2. To come to a close; end; terminate. 
Rather deye I wolde and determine. 
Chaucer, froilus, 111. 379. 
3. To come to a determinate end in time ; reach 
a fixed or definite limit ; cease to exist or to be 
in force. 
Some estates may determine on future contingencies. 
Elackttone. 
The power of a magistrate was supposed to determine 
only by his own resignation. ./. Adams, Works, IV. &30. 
The Parliament, according to law, determined in six 
months after the decease of the sovereign. 
Lecky, Eng. In 18th Cent., I. 
The tax [on sugar] was not imposed without consider* 
able opposition from the merchants, and, granted for eight 
years only, determined In 1693. 
S. Dowell, Taxes In England, IV. 23. 
determined (de-tfer'mind), p. a. [Pp. of deter- 
mine, r.] 1. Limited; restricted; confined 
within bounds ; circumscribed. 
His power is determined, he may terrify us, but not 
hurt. Bui-ton, Auat. of Mel., p. 669. 
2. Definite; determinate; precisely marked. 
The person of a noun singular is determined or unde- 
termined. A. Hume, Orthographic (E. E. T. S.), p. 28. 
Those many shadows lay in spots determined and un- 
moved. Wordmcvrth. 
3. Characterized by or showing determination 
or fixed purpose ; resolute : as, a determined 
man; a determined countenance; a determined 
effort. 4. Unfaltering; unflinching; unwav- 
ering. 
Strictly speaking, it is only Sparta and Athens that can 
be regarded as determined enemies to the Persians. 
Ton Ranke, Univ. Hist. (trans.X p. 171. 
Syn. 3 and 4. Firm, inflexible, stanch, steadfast. 
determinedly (de-te r'mind-li), adv. In a deter- 
mined manner ; with determination ; unwaver- 
ingly. 
He [the Highlander] is courteous, dutiful, determinedly 
pn ~r\ n in-, unflinching as a foe. unwearied as a friend. 
Grikit. lii-nl. Sketches, ii. 50. 
determiner (de-ter'mi-ner), . 1. One who de- 
i-iilrs or determines. 
No limn or body of men in these times can be the infal- 
lible judges or detrriin/t' /.- in matters of religion to ;uiy 
other mens consciences but tltir own. Miltun, Civil Power. 
detersive 
One might as well hope to dissect one's own body and be 
merry In doing It, u to take molecular physics ... to 
be your dominant guide, your determiner of motives, In 
what is solely human. (jconjt Kliot, in Cross, III. xvii. 
2. A determinant bachelor in a university. 
See ill I' riiniiitiit, '2. 
determining (de-tcr'mi-ning), H. [Verbal n. of 
determine, r.] In medieval universities, the act 
of qualifying for a degree by keeping the act. 
See act. o. 
determining (de-ter'mi-ning), p. a. [Ppr. of 
determine, v. ] Having the power of fixing ; di- 
recting, regulating, or controlling: as, deter- 
iniiiiii// influences or conditions. 
determinism (de-ter'mi-nizm), n, [ < determine 
+ -ixm.] I. A term invented by Sir William 
Hamilton to denote the doctrine of the necessi- 
tarian philosophers, who hold that man's actions 
are uniformly determined by motives acting up- 
on his character, and that he has not the power 
to choose to act in one way so long as be prefers 
on the whole to act in another way. Determinim 
does not imply materialism, atheism, or a denial of moral 
responsibility ; while it is in direct opposition to fatalism 
and to the doctrine of the freedom of the will. 
If man Is only a sample of the universal determinitin, 
yet forms purposes, contrives for their accomplishment, 
and executes them, definite causality and prospective 
thought can work together, and the field which Is occupied 
by the one U not preoccupied against the other. 
J. Martineav, Materialism, p. 195. 
2. In general, the doctrine that whatever is or 
happens is entirely determined by antecedent 
causes; the doctrine that the science of phe- 
nomena consists in connecting them with the 
antecedent conditions of their existence. 
Such knowledge as we are capable of obtaining is strictly 
limited to what Claude Bernard calls the determinitm of 
phenomena ; that is to say, we can know only under what 
determining conditions events capable of recognition 
through our senses or through consciousness take place. 
// Ml.ini,,-. Sept., 1878. 
determinist (de-ter'mi-nist), n. and a. [< de- 
termine + -ist.] I. . One who supports or 
favors determinism. 
He [man] knows how he himself, though conscious of self- 
disposal as well as of subjection of nature, presents to the 
determiniitt the aspect of a machine. 
./. Martineau, Materialism, p. 196. 
II. a. Relating to the doctrine of determin- 
ism. 
It seems to me that the root of the Positivlsts' scorn for 
theology Is the dcterminist doctrine which, in spite of all 
the evidence of the ages, denies the possibility, and of 
course therefore the reality, of sin. 
Contemporary Ree. t LI. 492. 
deterministic (de-ter-mi-nis'tik), a. [< deter- 
minist + -ic.] Pertaining to or imbued with 
the philosophy of determinism. 
The deterministic doctrine would stand on just as firm 
a foundation as it does if there were no physical science. 
Huxley, Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XL. 801. 
deterration (de-te-ra'shon), H. [< L. as if 'de- 
terra fio(n-), < deterrare (> OF. deterrer, F. deter- 
rer, dig up), < de, from, + terra, earth.] The 
uncovering of anything which is buried or cov- 
ered with earth ; an unearthing. [Rare.] 
This concerns the raising of new mountains, deterra- 
tions, or the devolution of earth down upon the valleys 
from the hills and higher grounds. Woodward. 
deterrence (de-ter'ens), n. [< deterrentt) + 
-ce.] The act' of deterring, or that which de- 
ters; a hindrance; a deterrent. [Rare.] 
Whatever punishment any crime required for deterrence 
from its repetition. A'ineteenth Century, XXI. 111. 
deterrent (de-ter'ent), a. and n. [< L. deter- 
ren(t-)s, ppr. of deterrere, deter: see deter.] I. 
a. Having the power or tendency to deter; hin- 
dering through fear ; preventive. 
The deterrent effect of such penalties Is In proportion 
to their certainty. Bentham, Rationale of Punishment. 
The punishments of a future state [have] lost much of 
their deterrent influence. 
J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 182. 
H. . That which deters or tends to deter. 
No deterrent Is more effective than a punishment which. 
If incurred, ... Is sure, speedy, and severe. 
Bent/tarn, Rationale of Punishment. 
But long credits have always been known to be danger- 
ous, and the danger has never proved an effectual deter- 
rent. Contemporary Jtec., L. 262. 
detersion (de-ter'shon), n. [= F. detersion = 
Sp. detersion = Pg. detersSo, < L. as if 'deter- 
sio(n-), < detergere, pp. detersus, wipe off: see 
deterge.] The act of cleansing, as a sore. 
I endeavoured detertion : but the matter could not be 
discharged. U'ucman, Surgery. 
detersive (de-ter'siv), a. and . [= F. dftersif 
= Sp. Pg. It. deterxico, < L. as if 'detersitvs, < 
iliti'1-niis, pp. of detergere: see deterge.] L a. 
Cleansing; detergent. 
