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− | | Determine.
| + | <p>'''Determine.'''</p> |
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− | | The 'termination' is an ending, and a 'term' is
| + | <p>The ''termination'' is an ending, and a ''term'' is a period (that comes to an end). ''Terminal'' was first (and still may be) an adjective; The Latin noun ''terminus'' has come directly into English: Latin ''terminare, terminat-'', to end; ''terminus'', boundary. From the limit itself, as in ''term'' of office or imprisonment, ''term'' grew to mean the limiting conditions (the ''terms'' of an agreement); hence, the ''defining'' (Latin ''finis'', end; compare ''finance'') of the idea, as in a ''term'' of reproach; ''terminology''.</p> |
− | | a period (that comes to an end). 'Terminal' was
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− | | first (and still may be) an adjective; The Latin
| + | <p>To ''determine'' is to set down limits or bounds to something, as when you ''determine'' to perform a task, or as ''determinism'' pictures limits set to man's freedom. ''Predetermined'' follows this sense; but ''extermination'' comes later. Otherwise, existence would be ''interminable''.</p> |
− | | noun 'terminus' has come directly into English:
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− | | Latin 'terminare, terminat-', to end; 'terminus',
| + | <p>Joseph T. Shipley, ''Dictionary of Word Origins'', Rowman and Allanheld, Totowa, NJ, 1967, 1985.</p> |
− | | boundary. From the limit itself, as in 'term' of
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− | | office or imprisonment, 'term' grew to mean the
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− | | limiting conditions (the 'terms' of an agreement);
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− | | hence, the 'defining' (Latin 'finis', end; compare
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− | | 'finance') of the idea, as in a 'term' of reproach;
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− | | 'terminology'. To 'determine' is to set down limits
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− | | or bounds to something, as when you 'determine' to
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− | | perform a task, or as 'determinism' pictures limits
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− | | set to man's freedom. 'Predetermined' follows this
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− | | sense; but 'extermination' comes later. Otherwise,
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− | | existence would be 'interminable'.
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− | | Joseph T. Shipley, 'Dictionary of Word Origins',
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− | | Rowman & Allanheld, Totowa, NJ, 1967, 1985.
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