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Decided; resolute. "Adetermined foe."" Sparks.

In a determined manner; with determination.

One who, or that which, determines or decides.

The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives. Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.

One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.

That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]

Serving to deter. "The deterrent principle." E. Davis.

The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.

Cleansing; detergent. -- n.

In a way to cleanse.

The quality of cleansing.

To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.

Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.

Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. Indeterminate analysis (Math.), that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. -- Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience o…

Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind. Jer. Taylor.

Undetermined.

Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.

Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.