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Certain

Certain (certain)
a.(?)
Cer"tain
[F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. (?) to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic,
  1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

    To make her certain of the sad event.
    Dryden.

    I myself am certain of you.
    Wyclif.

  2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.

    However, I with thee have fixed my lot,
    Certain to undergo like doom.
    Milton.

  3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

    The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
    Dan. ii. 45.

  4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

    Virtue that directs our ways
    Through certain dangers to uncertain praise.
    Dryden.

    Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
    Shak.

  5. Unfailing; infallible.

    I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper.
    Mead.

  6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

    The people go out and gather a certain rate every day.
    Ex. xvi. 4.

  7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.

    It came to pass when he was in a certain city.
    Luke. v. 12.

    About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum.
    Macaulay.

    For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.

    Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.

Certain

Certain (certain)
n.
Cer"tain
  1. Certainty.
    [Obs.] Gower.
  2. A certain number or quantity.
    [Obs.] Chaucer.

Certain

Certain (certain)
adv.
Cer"tain
  1. Certainly.
    [Obs.] Milton.












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