DEFINITIVE

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.

2.
a.

Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.

3.
a.

Determined; resolved. [Obs.] Shak.

4.
n.

A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.