desitiont (desishon)

[ The soul must be immortal and unsubject to death or des it i on . The Soul's Immortality Defended (1645), p. 27. desitivet (des'i-tiv), a. and n. [ de sitivus , desitus , pp. of desinere , cease: see desi nence.] I. a . Final; conclusive. Inceptive and desitive propositions are of this sort. The fogs vanish as the sun rises, but the fogs have not yet begun to vanish: therefore the sun is not yet risen. Watts . II. n. In logic , a proposition which relates to an end or termination. Inceptives and desitives , which relate to the beginning or ending of anything: as, the Latin tongue is not yet forgotten. Watts, Logic, II. ii. 6.