Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Decisive

Decisive , adjective

[Compare French décisif. See Decision.]

1.
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
A decisive, irrevocable doom. — Bates
Decisive campaign. — Macaulay
Decisive proof. — Hallam
2.
Marked by promptness and decision.
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. — J. Foster