definatory

Adjective

definatory (comparative more definatory, superlative most definatory)

1. Defining or implying.
   • 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...1997, Mette Hjort, Sue Laver, Emotion and the Arts, →ISBN, page 52
   • 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.2003, Agenda Relevance: A Study in Formal Pragmatics, →ISBN, page 300
2. Providing a final judgement or conclusion.
   • "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...1930, Paul F. Brandwein, Self expression and conduct: the humanities, page 95
   • 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.2000, Gerald Lewis Bray, Tudor Church Reform, →ISBN