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Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]

Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] "Desitive propositions." I. Watts.

One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley.

Definitive; determinate; final. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. I have disposed of her to a man of business.…

panied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode. Wharton.

The day of the final judgment. I could not tell till doomsday. Chaucer. Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.

ng useless to the life of the organism. To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology).

ne of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in 1054. The Eastern Church consists of twelve (thirteen if the Bulgarian Church be included) mutually independent churches (including among these the Hellenic Church, or Church of Greece, and the Russian Church), using the…

The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.

The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.

es; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell Division, under Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.…

ne which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage. -- Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.

The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Pertaining to the last or final things.

The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." Cooper.