[de.fin.i.tive] adj [ME diffinityf, fr. MF definitif, fr. L definitivus, fr. definitus] (14c) 1: serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation "a ~ victory"
2: authoritative and apparently exhaustive "a ~ edition" 3 a: serving to define or specify precisely "~ laws" b: serving as a perfect example: quintessential "a ~ bourgeois"
4: fully differentiated or developed "a ~ organ"
5. of a postage stamp: issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used syn see conclusive -- de.fin.i.tive.ly adv -- de.fin.i.tive.ness n
[2]definitive n (1951): a definitive postage stamp--compare provisional