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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
absolute, accurate, actual, admitting no exception, all-out, arrant, authoritative, boundary, categorical, caudal, clarifying, classical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, closing, complete, completing, concluding, conclusive, confining, consummate, crass, decided, decisive, defining, definite, determinate, determinative, determining, downright, egregious, ending, endmost, entire, eventual, exact, exclusive, exhaustive, explicit, express, extreme, farthest, final, finishing, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, glaring, global, gross, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, intolerable, last, limitary, limitative, limiting, out-and-out, outright, peremptory, perfect, polar, positive, precious, precise, profound, pronounced, proper, rank, real, regular, reliable, restricting, restrictive, round, settling, shattering, shocking, specific, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superlative, surpassing, tail, terminal, terminating, terminative, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through and through, total, ultimate, unambiguous, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, utter, whole, without exception, without reserve
Dictionary Results for definitive:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
definitive
    adj 1: clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal
           language of the laws"- R.B.Taney [syn: definitive,
           unequivocal]
    2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work
       on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn:
       authoritative, classical, classic, definitive]
    3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a
       definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
       [syn: definitive, determinate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   A word used to define or limit the extent of the
   signification of a common noun, such as the definite article,
   and some pronouns.
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   Note: Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians
         articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those
         properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal
         articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all,
         no, none, etc. --Harris (Hermes).
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, a. [L. definitivus: cf. F.
   d['e]finitif.]
   1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional;
      express.
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            A strict and definitive truth.        --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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            Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.
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   3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] --Shak.
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