determine

[God] hath determined the times before appointed.

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.

The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.

The court has determined the cause.

I determined to go home at once.

If a lease is determined by notice, forfeiture or frustration, all incumbrances will normally end automatically with the determination of the lease and can therefore be ignored.