definitory, a.
(dɪˈfɪnɪtərɪ)
[f. L. defīnīre to define, on type of adjs. such as auditory: see -ory2.]
Relating or belonging to definition.
| a 1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. §271 Such propositions might be termed Definiform, or Definitory. 1928 W. A. Pickard-Cambridge tr. Aristotle's Topica i. v. 102{supa} In a word we may call ‘definitory’ everything that falls under the same branch of inquiry as definitions. 1935 Mind XLIV. 291 In ordinary discourse we are very seldom indeed conscious of the full definitory meaning of the complex terms that we use. |