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undetermine

undetermine verb: to undo the determining of; to make uncertain.

Verb

undetermine (third-person singular simple present undetermines, present participle undetermining, simple past and past participle undetermined)

  1. (transitive) To undo the determining of; to make uncertain.
    • The antithetical features of atomist doctrine are no longer seen as undetermining the principle of the atom, or negating sensuous appearance, but rather as intrinsic to both. Nature is full of contradictions […]2000, Daniel Tiffany, Toy Medium: Materialism and Modern Lyric, page 173
    • In such cases, even the licence conferred by strict speaking is powerless to 'undetermine' the statement—to make any and every context seem admissible.2014, Rupert Crawshay-Williams, Methods and Criteria of Reasoning, page 148

Forms of undetermine

third-person singular presentundetermines
present participleundetermining
past participleundetermined
pastundetermined

Origin of undetermine

From un- + determine.

Questions about undetermine

What does undetermine mean?
Undetermine means to undo the determining of; to make uncertain.
What part of speech is undetermine?
Undetermine is a verb.
What is the past tense of undetermine?
The past tense of undetermine is undetermined.

Words near undetermine in the dictionary

  1. undeterminacy
  2. undeterminate
  3. undeterminated
  4. undeterminateness
  5. undetermination
  6. undetermine
  7. undetermined
  8. undeterminedness
  9. undetermines
  10. undetermining
  11. undeterministic

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