☞ The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ God ] hath determined the times before appointed. Acts xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now, where is he that will not stay so long
Till his friend sickness hath determined me? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water. [ 1913 Webster ]

He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on. “Determine on some course.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall pay as the judges determine. Ex. xxi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In chemical nomenclature, if any amine or diamine is named by prefixing the nitrogen group, the name of the latter takes the form of amido, diamido, etc., thus ethylene diamine, C2H4.(NH2)2, is also called diamido-ethylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ From Sp. domine a schoolmaster. ] (Zool.) A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.

Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. Chatham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.) [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ermine moth (Zoöl.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America. [ 1913 Webster ]