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determining

/dɪˈtɝmɪnɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. Determinative; causal.
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“I’ll go and have another look,” said Marilla, determining to be just.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 95 · C1
“‘I don’t think that we should have much difficulty in determining that,’ said I; ‘with your permission we will take the first train down to Sussex, and go a little more deeply into the matter upon the spot.’
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 16 · B2
Bennet’s visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 7 · B2
After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought, reconsidering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself, as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; and she entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing such reflections as must make her unfit for conversation.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 243 · B2

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