determined

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I am perfectly cool, but determined--determined to have justice, and my fair share of this man's wealth It may not be wealth; it may be only competence, and it is not ours to share yet Not yours, you mean; that is what you thought_, Katherine.

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  1. adjective Marked by or showing determination; resolute: was engaged in a protracted struggle with a determined enemy.
  2. adjective Decided or resolved.

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  • But if the primary line be conceived as un- determined, and the strait line as determined throughout, then the cyclical is the third com- pounded of both. —  Biographia Literaria
  • I determined, therefore, to do on the 23d, with the Army of the Cumberland, what had been intended to be done on the 24th The position occupied by the Army of the Cumberland had been made very strong for defence during the months it had been besieged. —  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2
  • He determined, therefore, to move directly upon Meridian I had sent some 2,500 cavalry under General Sooy Smith to Sherman's department, and they had mostly arrived before Sherman got to Memphis. —  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2
  • I determined, therefore, before I started back to have Sherman advanced to my late position, McPherson to Sherman's in command of the department, and Logan to the command of McPherson's corps. —  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2
  • I determined, therefore, to draw out of our present position and make one more effort to get between him and Richmond. —  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2
 

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