9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
verb shape or influence; give direction to
verb fix conclusively or authoritatively
originFrom Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).
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