Ascertain

Ascertain (ascertain)
v. t.	((?))
As`cer*tain"
[imp. ** p. p.* Ascertained (&?]); p. pr. ** vb. n.* Ascertaining.] [OF. acertener] a (L. ad) + certain. See Certain.]

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

[Obs.]

When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained.
Jer. Taylor.

Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects.
Robertson.

To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.

[Archaic]

The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth.
Hooker.

The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation.
Jer. Taylor.

The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers.
Smollett.

The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation.
Gibbon.

To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.

He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable.
Macaulay.

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