Definition for DE-FIN'I-TIVE

DE-FIN'I-TIVE, a. [L. definitivus.]

  1. Limiting the extent; determinate; positive; express; as, a definitive term.
  2. Limiting; ending; determining; final; opposed to conditional, provisional, or interlocutory; as, a definitive sentence or decree.

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