Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To limit; bound; terminate.
  • To come to a conclusion regarding; determine; decide.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To terminate.

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  • verb obsolete To terminate.

Etymologies

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Compare French terminer.

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Examples

  • Prob - ably they were engaged in a no-quarter-given struggle to de - termine which of them was to control their single body.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • “Un film che offre una riflessione sulla dipendenza: vediamo i personaggi che si dibattono in ingranaggi, nel senso proprio del termine, cui non possono sottrarsi.”

    No Fat Clips!!! : Accro 2009

  • El otro gran mérito de Abraham Lincoln fue emancipar a los esclavos en 1863, lo que dio inicio al dificil y extenuante camino que muchas personas han recorrido en la historia de ese país, para lograr que el racismo termine y que los negros gocen de todos sus derechos como ciudadanos.

    200 a��os de Abraham Lincoln 2009

  • Lástima que termine en la hoguera como David Irving.

    Oliver Stone Tells the Secret History of America | /Film 2009

  • Il me faut mon contrat de travail que je n'aurai pas avant je ne sais pas quand en plus il faut attendre plus de trois semaines pour avoir une chambre (et yen avait presque pu quand j'ai telephoné) et mon contrat se termine au mois d'avril ....

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • Questo dono di pace, al termine delle celebrazioni natalizie, vuol essere anche un segno per promuovere l'unità nella carità della Chiesa universale e arrivare a togliere lo scandalo della divisione.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • At length it ended, as is usual with timid minds placed in such circumstances, in his adopting a mezzo termine — a middle measure.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • Despiertame de la siesta cuando termine el programa!

    Marc Cooper: Siesta Time: Univision Fumbles First-Ever Spanish Language Presidential Debate 2008

  • Malheureusement, je ne pourrai pas me joindre à la petite troupe ce coup-ci mais ce n'est que partie remise… Sauf si tout le monde termine son nouveau site pro mercredi!

    Website Pro Day 3: mercredi! — Climb to the Stars 2008

  • Traslade temporalmente a su familia (especialmente a los niños y a las mujeres embarazadas) a otro sitio fuera del apartamento o la casa hasta que se termine el trabajo y el área se limpie correctamente.

    Lead in paint, dust, and soil 2008

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