determined, ppl. a.
(dɪˈtɜːmɪnd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Terminated, ended.
| 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 444 Albeit the thing itselfe..be past, and y⊇ tyme thereof determined. |
2. Limited, restricted: a. as to extent; b. as to freedom of action or choice; conditioned.
| 1603 Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 70 Perpetual durance, a restraint..To a determin'd scope. 1805 Wordsw. Prelude i. 641 'Tis a theme Single and of determined bounds. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 53 Fails to render such a fact as free-will in the offspring of absolutely determined natures even conceivable. |
3. Decided, settled, fixed; decided or resolved upon.
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. 113 Let vs hold for determined, that the life of man is instructed in the law. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 193 He mangled him selfe to cloake his determined mischiefe. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 21 a, So farre as my determined breuity wil permit. 1603 Owen Pembrokeshire (1891) 197 [I] fall into my determyned matter to speake of Pembrokshire. 1650 J. Taylor Holy Living iii. §4 (1727) 173 It is a determined rule in divinity. 1836 J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. ix. (1852) 261 Some determined bias must have existed. |
4. Appointed, ordained; fixed beforehand.
| ? a 1500 Wycket (1828) 3 The chosen..shalbe made whyte tyll a tyme determined. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 25 Not any determined, or appointed measure, as a yarde, a furlong. 1580 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 284 Caused al the company to breake off their determined pastimes. 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vi. 9 To my determin'd time thou gau'st new date. 1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 3 They are so by the determined counsell of God. |
5. Defined, definite, exact; distinctly marked or laid down; fixed.
| 1570 Dee Math. Pref. 3 If a Poynt moue from a determined situation. 1582 Batman Trevisa's Barth. de P.R. iii. xx. 21 If it had a determined savour..it might not take the savour of another thing. 1690 Locke Hum. Und. iii. v. §14 Names..when they have any determin'd Signification. 1726 Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 55 a, Others set apart a certain determined place of burial. 1733 Neal Hist. Purit. II. 375 Oaths ought to be explicit, and the words as clear and determined as possible. 1789 Gilpin Wye 10 A body of water..wearing any determined form. 1796–7 Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 77 The determined line on which the pivots of the column are to stand. 1891 Rosebery Pitt xi. 194 Some cynical offer..of his interest for a determined price. |
6. Definitely ascertained or identified.
| 1817 Chalmers Astron. Disc. i. (1852) 21 A round ball of a determined magnitude. 1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 235 Specimens..either determined or undetermined. |
7. a. Of persons: Characterized by determination or final and fixed resolve; resolute; not to be moved from one's purpose.
| 1772 Ann. Reg. 26/2 Because they were determined deists. 1803 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 46 The King..is a determined Antigallican. 1847 Emerson Repr. Men, Goethe Wks. (Bohn) I. 391, I meet the eyes of the most determined of men. 1883 Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ii. 24 Intimating that the king would find him a most determined antagonist. 1885 F. Temple Relat. Relig. & Sc. i. 4 Science and Religion seem very often to be the most determined foes to each other. 1887 Times 10 Oct. 3/3 Two determined looking men, were charged with being suspected persons. |
b. Of personal properties, actions, etc.: Showing determination, unflinching, unwavering.
| 1604 Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 227 Cassio following him with determin'd Sword To execute vpon him. 1765 Sterne Tr. Shandy VII. ix, With as determined a pencil as if I had her in the wettest drapery. 1792 Anecd. W. Pitt I. xvii. 277 There was a determined resolution..against any vigorous exertion of the national power. 1837 Disraeli Venetia i. ii, Gave a determined ring at the bell. 1856 Emerson Eng. Traits, Times Wks. (Bohn) II. 119 Courage, not rash and petulant, but considerate and determined. |
c. (For the predicative use in to be determined, see determine v. 19.)