determination (redirected from determine)

determination

1. Law the termination of an estate or interest

2. Law the decision reached by a court of justice on a disputed matter

3. Logic

a. the process of qualifying or limiting a proposition or concept

b. the qualifications or limitations used in this process

4. Biology the condition of embryonic tissues of being able to develop into only one particular tissue or organ in the adult

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Determination

See also Perseverance.

Agathocles

(361–289 B. C.) Syracusan king; “burned his ships behind him” in attacking Carthage. [Gk. Hist.: Walsh Classical, 9]

Balboa, Rocky

determined prize fighter takes on impossible dream. [Am. Cinema: Rocky in EB (1978), 552]

bulldog

bred for doggedly refusing to let go. [Dog Breeding: Misc.]

Dry Guillotine

book by French escapee from Devil’s Island. [Fr. Lit.: Dry Guillotine]

Ignatz

tenaciously refuses Krazy Kat’s advances. [Comics: “Krazy Kat” in Horn, 436–437]

Jones, John Paul

(1747–1792) Revolutionary War naval hero; remembered for saying; “I have not yet begun to fight!” [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 260–261]

Keller, Helen

(1880–1968) though blind and deaf, becomes noted author and lecturer. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 439–440]

Little Engine That Could

succeeds when others refuse to help. [Children’s Lit.: The Little Engine That Could]

Message to Garcia, A

against great odds, American officer makes his way to Cuban general leading a revolt against Spain. [Am. Lit. and Hist.: Benét, 662]

Papillon

wily prisoner endeavors repeatedly to escape from Devil’s Island. [Fr. Lit.: Papillon]

Santiago

struggles long and hard for great fish. [Am. Lit.: Old Man and the Sea]

tortoise

slow and steady, it wins the race against the hare. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 22; Gk. Lit.: Aesop, “The Tortoise and the Hare”]

Tovesky, Marie

outgoing and friendly, despite husband’s insane jealousy. [Am. Lit.: O Pioneers!, Magill I, 663–665]