Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-TERM'IN-A-TIVE
DE-TERM'IN-A'TIONDE-TERM'IN-A-TOR
DE-TERM'IN-A-TIVE, a.
- That uncontrollably directs to a certain end. The determinative power of a just cause. – Blackstone.
- Limiting; that limits or bounds; as, a word may be determinative and limit the subject. – Watts.
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