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verb

Decide v. t. (past & past part. decided; pres. part. deciding)

To cut off; to separate. (Obs.) "Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest."

To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle. "So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it." "The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then."

Decide v. i. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant. "Who shall decide, when doctors disagree?"

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"Deciding" Quotes from Famous Books

... Darwin behaved thus hesitatingly, and was so slow in deciding on the full publication of his collected material in regard to the descent of man, because he ...

— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others

... so that anything became a huge joke. The evening flew by on airy wings, when Billy insisted on taking them to supper after the theatre. Cecilia allowed herself a fleeting vision of Mrs. Rainham, and then, deciding that she might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb, followed gaily. And supper was so cheery a meal that she forgot all about time—until, just at the end, she caught ...

— Back To Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce

... Queen Anne Hill at three. For an hour he had walked the crest road, staring at the steamers below, alternately gripping his hands with desire of Claire, and timorously finally deciding that he wouldn't go to her ...

— Free Air • Sinclair Lewis

... and begs to see you,' was the telegraphic message that filled the cottage at Brogden with consternation. Lady Martindale was too unwell to leave home, but Theodora was thankful to her father for deciding that her presence was necessary for Violet's sake; indeed, as they travelled in doubt and suspense, and she was continually reminded of that hurried journey when her unchastened temper had been the torment of herself ...

— Heartsease - or Brother's Wife • Charlotte M. Yonge

... subject, I should have been inclined to think that the chief moral to be drawn from that terrible and tragic disaster was the terribly important part which the mere personality of the individual in command still plays in deciding the fate of hundreds of lives; that, in short, the personal equation—as it has come to be called—- is still the supreme and decisive factor in all naval enterprises. But there may be some grounds for the alarmist views of Sir Edward Reed, and I see no reason why his views should not ...

— Sketches In The House (1893) • T. P. O'Connor

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