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determinator|dɪˈtɜːmɪneɪtə(r)|
[a. L. dēterminātor, agent-noun from L. dētermināre to determine: with quot. 1556 cf. obs. F. déterminateur.]
He who or that which determines (in various senses of the verb); a determiner.
1556Aurelio & Isab. (1680) D v, Of that they ware the juges, and determinateurs. 1642Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. xiv. 44 The proper determinators of this point. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. v. 115 Three determinators of truth, Authority, Sense and Reason. 1855Ess. Intuit. Mor. 146 If a man set forth Moral pleasure as the determinator of his Will. 1879H. George Progr. & Pov. 18 To make the ratio with production, and not the ratio with capital, the determinator of wages. |