DEFINITIVE

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English diffinityf, from Anglo-French diffinitive, from Latin definitivus, from definitus Date: 14th century serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation , authoritative and apparently exhaustive , 3. serving to define or specify precisely , serving as a perfect example ; quintessential , fully differentiated or developed , issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used, see: conclusive ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1951 a ~ postage stamp