\De*ter"mi*nate\, a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of
determinare. See {Determine}.]
1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed;
   established; definite.
         Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
                                               --Dryden.
2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
         The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
                                               --Acts ii. 23.
3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
         My determinate voyage.                --Shak.
4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
         More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
                                               --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.
{Determinate inflorescence} (Bot.), that in which the
   flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which
   puts a limit to its growth; -- also called {centrifugal
   inflorescence}.
{Determinate problem} (Math.), a problem which admits of a
   limited number of solutions.
{Determinate quantities}, {Determinate equations} (Math.),
   those that are finite in the number of values or
   solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem
   or equation determine the number.

\De*ter"mi*nate\, v. t.
To bring to an end; to determine. See {Determine}. [Obs.]
      The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless
      limit of thy dear exile.                 --Shak.