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Webster 1913 Edition
Indefinite
1.
Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure;
as, an
indefinite
time, plan, etc.It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that
indefinite
way of vouching, “the chymists say this,” or “the chymists affirm that.” Boyle.
The time of this last is left
indefinite
. Dryden.
2.
Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited;
as,
. indefinite
space; the indefinite
extension of a straight lineThough it is not infinite, it may be
indefinite
; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. Spectator.
3.
Boundless; infinite.
[R.]
Indefinite
and omnipresent God,Inhabiting eternity.
W. Thompson (1745).
4.
(Bot.)
Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; – said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.
Syn. – Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indefinite
INDEF'INITE
,Adj.
1.
Not limited or defined; not determinate; not precise or certain; as an indefinite time. An indefinite proposition, term or phrase, is one which has not a precise meaning or limited signification.2.
That has no certain limits, or to which the human mind can affix none, as indefinite space. A space may be indefinite, though not infinite.