Definite

[Lat. def in it us, from definio.] Limited; bounded; having determinate extent; as, a definite pe riod. IMG:content-0539.png:[blocks in formation] Definition, (def-e-nish'un,) n. [Fr., from Lat. definitio .] Act of defining, establishing, determining, fixing, explaining, or elucidating the true and proper signification and meaning of. A brief description of a thing by the properties it po e es; an explanation in words, which distinguishes the thing explained from other things; a statement of the exact meaning of a word by other words; as, a loose definition , a true definition. (Logic.) A description which separates a term from everything else. By the schoolmen, definitions were and burning entirely away very rapidly. Defla'grable, a. ( Chem .) Burning entirely away with quick and brilliant combustion. "The best spirit of wine... is deflagrable." -Boyle. story. This famous book had been preceded by the Family Instructor , and Religious Courtship , and was followed by the Adventures of Capt. Singleton, Fortunes of Moll Flanders, History of the Plague, and a host of other works. D. 1731.