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adjective

Certain adj.

1.

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. "To make her certain of the sad event." "I myself am certain of you."

2.

Determined; resolved; used with an infinitive. "However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom."

3.

Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. "The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure."

4.

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."

5.

Unfailing; infallible. "I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper."

6.

Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. "The people go out and gather a certain rate every day."

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

For certain, assuredly.

Of a certain, certainly.

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

noun

Certain n.

1.

Certainty. (Obs.)

2.

A certain number or quantity. (Obs.)

adverb

Certain adv. Certainly. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Certain'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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