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Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. Milton.

ntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

ds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.

An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.

The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. Ray.

m's classic plains. Mrs. Hemans. The epithet classical, as applied to ancient authors, is determined less by the purity of their style than by the period at which they wrote. Brande & C. He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay.

One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. Arbuthnot.

A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.

ed arbitrarily in an algebraic, expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.

Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined. Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.

A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.

The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others. Determine, for the future, to be less communicative. Swift.

An instrument for determining directions upon the carth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pinting in a northerly and southerly direction. He that firat discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built work…

f which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

ble; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right. I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.

To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.

To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector Shak.

Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.