To fix the bounds of; mark off; settle; fix; establish.To limit in space or extent; form the limits of; bound; shut in: as, yonder hill determines our view.To ascertain or state definitely; make out; find out; settle; decide upon, as after consideration or investigation: as, to determine the species of an animal or a plant; to determine the height of a mountain, or the quantity of nitrogen in the atmosphere.In logic, to explain or limit by adding differences.To bring to a conclusion; put an end to; end.Specifically—6. To find, as the solution of a problem; end, as a dispute, by judicial or other final decision: as, the court determined the cause.To fix or settle definitely; make specific or certain; decide the state or character of.To come to a definite intention in respect of; resolve on; decide: as, he determined to remain.To give direction or tendency to; decide the course of: as, impulse may determine a moving body to this or that point.To influence the choice of; cause to come to a conclusion or resolution: as, this circumstance determined him to the study of law.Synonyms To limit.To ascertain, find out.To decide, conclude.To induce, influence, lead.To come to a decision or resolution; settle definitively on some line of conduct.To come to a close; end; terminate.To come to a determinate end in time; reach a fixed or definite limit; cease to exist or to be in force.In Oxford and other universities, to take part in a solemn disputation preparatory to graduation as master of arts. See determination, 12.