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A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.

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.

To determine (something) beforehand. Sir M. Hale.

To germinate again. Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. J. Lee.

A germinating again or anew.

Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable. -- Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n. Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity.

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.

Termination; ending. [R.] Puttenham.

set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.

Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive. Bp. Rust. -- Ter"mi*na*tive*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.

One who, or that which, terminates.

Terminative.