Countermine :: Countermine (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

Countermine :: Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.

Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.

Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.

Countermine :: Countermine (v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.

Countermined :: Countermined (imp. & p. p.) of Countermin.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course..

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name..

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately..

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water..

Determine :: Determine (v. i.) To come to an end; to end; to terminate.

Determine :: Determine (v. i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.

Determined :: Determined (imp. & p. p.) of Determin.

Determined :: Determined (a.) Decided; resolute.

Determinedly :: Determinedly (adv.) In a determined manner; with determination.

Determiner :: Determiner (n.) One who, or that which, determines or decides..

Ermine :: Ermine (n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black..

Ermine :: Ermine (n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white..

Ermine :: Ermine (n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain..

Ermine :: Ermine (n.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her..

Ermine :: Ermine (v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine..

Ermined :: Ermined (a.) Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.

Ermines :: Ermines (n.) Alt. of Erminoi.

Extermine :: Extermine (v. t.) To exterminate; to destroy.

Foredetermine :: Foredetermine (v. t.) To determine or decree beforehand.

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