determiner

[Eng. determin (e); -er.] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who determines, decides, or settles. "Good M. doctor determiner , how prove you that Antichrist's persecution shall dure but three years and a half?"-Fulke's Retentive (1580), p. 158. *2. Law : The same as TERMINER (q. v.). "Then ye iiii day of May was an Oyer and determiner at London." Hall . Henry VIII . (an. 9). de-term-ing, *de-term-ynge, pr. par., a. & 8. [DETERME.] A. As pr . par.: (See the verb.) B. As subst.: The act of determining or deciding; determination, decision. "So the matter was a determynge concernynge the men that had outlandysh wyves."- Esdras , bk. iii., ch. ix. (1551). dě-ter-sive-lý, adv . [Eng. detersive ; -ly.] In a detersive manner; by way of detersives. The quality of being detersive; detergency. dě-ter-sive-ne , s. [Eng. detersive; -ne .] dedestest from Latin detest or to execrate: de witne .] down, fully, and test or =to call to witne ; testis =a *1. To testify against; to denounce; to condemn. "The heresy of Nestor i us was detested in the Eastern churches."- Fuller : Church History. 2. To abhor, to abominate, to hate exceedingly. "He detested those republican theories which were in- terming led with the Genevese divinity." -Macaulay. Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. see HATE. For the difference between to detest and to hate, de-test-a-bil-1-ty, s. [Eng. detestabl (e); -ity.] Detestablene , odiousne . "So young gentlemen do then attain their maximum of detestability." -Carlyle: Sartor Resartus , bk. ii., ch. iv. dě-test-a-ble, a . [Fr., from Lat. detestabilis .] Deserving of extreme hate or abhorrence; abomin- able, execrable. "The pavement was detestable; all foreigners cried shame upon it."--Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. detiny dě-těst-a-bly, adv. [Eng. detestab (le); -ly.] In a detestable or abominable manner or degree; abominably. "We live together abominably and detestably in open adultery."-Hall: Henry VIII. (an. 20). *dě-test-ant, s. [Lat. detestans, pr. par. of detest or.] A detester. "Detest ants of the Romish idolatry." -Hacket: Life of Williams, i. 121. *dě-tes-tate, a. [Latin detest at us , pa. par. of detest or .] Detested, abominated, execrated. *dě těs-tāte, v . t . [DETEST ATE, a.] To detest, to abhor, to abominate. "Well might he detest ate star-chamber examinations." -State Trials: Lord Lilburne (1649).