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certain

a. [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, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.]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. ()

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n. 1. Certainty. (Gower.)

2. A certain number or quantity. (Chaucer.)

adv. Certainly. (Milton.)