determinate

Etymology 1

From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“I limit, set bounds”).

adj

1. Distinct, clearly defined.
   Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. 1668, John Dryden, Essay of Dramatick Poesie
   […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 122
2. Fixed, set, unvarying.
3. (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
4. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
5. (obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
6. Of determined purpose; resolute.

noun

1. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
   And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged. September 5, 2007, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI

Etymology 2

From Middle English determinaten, from the adjective (see above).

verb

1. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.