Hypertext Webster Gateway: "definitive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, a. [L. definitivus: cf. F.
d['e]finitif.]
1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional;
express.
A strict and definitive truth. --Sir T.
Browne.
Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation.
--Prescott.
2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.
3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A word used to define or limit the extent of the
signification of a common noun, such as the definite article,
and some pronouns.
Note: Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians
articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those
properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal
articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all,
no, none, etc. --Harris (Hermes).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
definitive
adj 1: clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal
language of the laws"- R.B.Taney [syn: {unequivocal}]
2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work
on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn: {authoritative},
{classical}]
3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a
definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
[syn: {determinate}]
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