De*fin"i*tive (?), a. [L. definitivus: cf. F. d'efinitif.]
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.
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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.
⇒ 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).
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