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Determine, was an American Thoroughbred race horse. In a racing career which lasted from 1953 through 1955, the California-trained colt ran forty-four times and won eighteen races. His best season was 1954 when he became the first gray horse to win the Kentucky Derby.

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determine

Verb

  1. To set the limits of.
  2. To ascertain definitely; to figure out.
  3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
  4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
    Someone else's will determined me to this course.
  5. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
    The court has determined the cause.
  6. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
    The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
  7. To define or limit by adding a differentia.
  8. To bring to an end; to finish.


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