Dictionary entry

Definitive

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐fin″i‐tive (?), a. [L. definitivus: cf. F. définitif.] 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. Shak.