King James Bible Dictionary

DETERMINATE, adjective [Latin]

1. Limited; fixed; definite; as a determinate quantity of matter.

2. Established; settled; positive; as a determinate rule or order.

The determinate counsel of God. Acts 2:23.

3. Decisive; conclusive; as a determinate resolution or judgment.

4. Resolved on.

5. Fixed; resolute.

DETERMINATE, verb transitive To limit. [Not used. See Determine.]

DETERMINATELY, adverb

1. With certainty.

The principles of religion are determinately true or false.

2. Resolutely; with fixed resolve. [Unusual.]

DETERMINATENESS, noun The state of being determinate, certain, or precise.