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Cer"tain (?), 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. &unr_; 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.
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To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden.
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I myself am certain of you. Wyclif.
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2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
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However, I with thee have fixed my lot,
Certain to undergo like doom.
Milton.
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3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
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The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45.
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4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
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Virtue that directs our ways
Through certain dangers to uncertain praise.
Dryden.
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Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.
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5. Unfailing; infallible.
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I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. Mead.
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6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
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The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. Ex. xvi. 4.
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7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
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It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12.
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About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay.
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For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.

Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.
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Cer"tain, n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower.
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2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Cer"tain, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] Milton.
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