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Webster 1913 Edition


Finite

Fi′nite

,
Adj.
[L.
finitus
, p. p. of
finire
. See
Finish
, and cf.
Fine
,
Adj.
]
Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; – opposed to infinite;
as,
finite
number;
finite
existence; a
finite
being; a
finite
mind;
finite
duration.

Webster 1828 Edition


Finite

FI'NITE

,
Adj.
[L. finitus, from finio, to finish, from finis, limit.]
Having a limit; limited; bounded; opposed to infinite, as finite number, finite existence; applied to this life, we say, a finite being, finite duration.