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Synonyms for definer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-fahyn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪn

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Définition of definer

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to specify; to end," from Old French defenir "to end, terminate, determine," and directly from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de- "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (n.)). Related: Defined; defining.
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Example sentences :
  • You will first note that the definer has not declared what sort of composition.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • Either I am very much mistaken, or Locke the definer has very well defined liberty as "power."
  • Extract from : « Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary » by Voltaire
  • What are we to think of such a definer of 'scientific terms,' when his errors have not even the negative merit of consistency.
  • Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous
  • And the recent popularity of vers libre and imagisme has made the definer's task harder than ever before.
  • Extract from : « Literature in the Making » by Various
  • What the definer really intends here is, that the pain arises from the belief of being treated with contempt.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • She knew that in the case of marriage everything depends upon the definer and the occasion.
  • Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore
  • He is the poet or maker of words, as in civilised ages the dialectician is the definer or distinguisher of them.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
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