4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Determine \De*ter"mine\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Determined \De*ter"mined\, adjective Decided; resolute. ''Adetermined foe.'' --Sparks. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: determined adjective 1: characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy" 2: having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation [ant: {undetermined}] 3: devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters" 4: determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: {dictated}, {set}] 5: strongly motivated to succeed [syn: {compulsive}, {driven}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 162 Moby Thesaurus words for "determined": actual, adamant, approaching, arrogant, ascertained, assured, attested, authenticated, bent, borne out, bound, bound and determined, categorically true, certain, certified, circumscribed, circumscript, circumstantiated, cocksure, coming, committed, confident, confirmed, constant, convinced, corroborated, decided, decisive, dedicated, defined, definite, delimited, demarcated, demonstrated, desired, destinal, destined, determinate, devoted, distinct, documentary, dogged, earnest, effectual, emergent, encircled, established, eventual, exact, experimental, extrapolated, factual, fatal, fated, fatidic, firm, fixed, forthcoming, future, futuristic, guaranteed, hedged about, hereafter, historical, hoped-for, hubristic, identified, imminent, in the bag, intent, later, made sure, nailed down, nearing, not in error, objectively true, obstinate, on ice, open-and-shut, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persevering, persistent, persuaded, planned, plotted, poised, pompous, positive, precise, predetermined, predicted, probable, projected, prophesied, prospective, proud, proved, proven, purposeful, real, reassured, relentless, resolute, resolved, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, serious, set, settled, shown, sincere, single-minded, specific, stated, steady, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, substantiated, sure, sure-enough, surrounded, tenacious, tentative, tested, to come, to-be, trial, tried, true, true as gospel, truthful, ultimate, unafraid, unconfuted, undenied, undoubted, undoubting, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefuted, unwavering, unyielding, validated, venturesome, veracious, verified, veritable, warranted, wholehearted, willing

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