Meaning of definatory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Defining or implying.
2. Providing a final judgement or conclusion.

Examples

“Thus, it is urged, we identify⟳ which emotion one has by whether one has a belief that is definatory of that emotion (and which, depending on one's view⟳, either causes or is “internally related” to the arousal): a belief that the situation is dangerous marks the emotion as fear, a belief that one has been wronged marks it as anger, and so on.”

“Definatory rules tell⟳ you what you must do to make⟳ an inference; strategic rules tell⟳ you what you must do to make⟳ the inference adroitly.”

“It is better to risk⟳ too broad a conception of religion than to err on the side of excessive restriction. To be sure, there are dangers of excessive definatory breadth.”

“The paradox is experienced again, relentlessly as the child becomes more aware (as oral-stage achievements disposed the child to be) of the presence of food and stool within the alimentary canal and the meaning of even more portals of the body—definatory of the anal stage⟳.”

“"That's 10-4, good buddy. Wall to wall and ten feet tall. You got draggin' wagon here going south on Eye-Two-Five. How's it look⟳ over your shoulder? Come⟳ on." "There's a 10-46 in the fifty-dollar lane north of Mile High City. Better bring⟳ yourself on up. Come⟳ on." "Definatory, good buddy. I'll put⟳ the pedal to the metal and 10-41 Channel 9. Eighty-eight and we gonna back 'em on out now, Roller."”

“A recusatory appointment doth grant a term to propound all exceptions and to eschew or defer the judgment. A probatory appointment is given to prove⟳ and to gather matter⟳ in the cause. A definatory appointment is to end⟳ the matter⟳.”

“This work⟳ is just a small first step that does not pretend⟳ to provide⟳ definatory conclusions, but rather to contribute⟳ towards setting guidelines for future systemization of this previously unstudied field of culture, and, in consequence, simultaneously shed⟳ light⟳ on elements that make⟳ up part of our nationhood.”

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