Determine

dē-tėr′min, v.t. to put terms or bounds to: to limit: to fix or settle the form or character of: to influence; to put an end to: to define.— v.i. to come to a decision: to resolve.— adj. Deter′minable , capable of being determined, decided, or finished.— ns. Deter′minable ne , Determinabil′ity .— adj. Deter′minant , serving to determine.— n. that which serves to determine: in mathematical analysis, a symbolical method used for different proce es, as for the solution of equations by inspection.— adj. Deter′mināte , determined or limited: fixed: decisive.— v.t. ( Shak. ) to determine.— adv. Deter′minātely .— n. Determinā′tion , that which is determined or resolved on: end: direction to a certain end: resolution: fixedne of purpose: decision of character.— adjs. Deter′minātive , that determines, limits, or defines; Deter′mined , firm in purpose: fixed: resolute.— adv. Deter′minedly .— n. Deter′minism , the doctrine that all things, including the will, are determined by causes—the converse of free-will: nece itarianism.— n. Deter′minist .— adj. Deter min is′tic . [Fr.,—L. determināre , -ātum — de , neg., and terminus , a boundary.]