become definite
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“The idea is that the past history of the universe has become definite when someone or people now are observing things about the past universe.”
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
Boards of Trade often establish offices of inspection with brands upon grains, flour, butter, pork, etc., and these become definite parts of a contract which the government rightly enforces.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
The girl was taller, her figure had become definite, her carriage positive.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
But not only did the sense of man's dignity thus develop, and become definite.
From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
Yet in proportion as such conceptions become definite and objective in the mind, they approach aesthetic values, and the use of aesthetic epithets in describing them becomes more constant and literal.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George
