Certain /(?)/
Cer·tain
Certain
a.
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Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.
To make her certain of the sad event.
I myself am certain of you.
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Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom.
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Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
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Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise.
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
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Unfailing; infallible.
I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper.
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Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
The people go out and gather a certain rate every day.
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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.
About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum.
Phrases & Compounds
- For certain
- assuredly.
- Of a certain
- certainly.
Certain
n.
- Certainty. [Obs.]
- A certain number or quantity. [Obs.]
Certain
adv.
- Certainly. [Obs.]