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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.

Cer"tain, n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower.

2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cer"tain, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] Milton.

Cer"tain*ly, adv. Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

Cer"tain*ness, n. Certainty.

Cer"tain*ty (?), n.; pl. Certainties (#). [OF. certainetÚ.] 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames.

2. A fact or truth unquestionable established.

Certainties are uninteresting and sating. Landor.

3. (Law) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.

Of a certainty, certainly.

Cer"tes (?), adv. [F. certes, for Ó certes, fr. L. certus. See Certain.] Certainly; in truth; verily. [Archaic]

Certes it great pity was to see Him his nobility so foul deface. Spenser.

Cer*tif"i*cate (?), n. [F. certificat, fr. LL. certificatus made certain, p. p. of certificare. See tify.] 1. A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

2. A written declaration legally authenticated.

Trial by certificate, a trial which the testimony of the person certifying is the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; as, when the issue is whether a person was absent in the army, this is tried by the certificate of the proper officer in writing, under his seal. Blackstone.

Cer*tif"i*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Certificated; p. pr. & vb. n. Certificating.] [See Certify.]

1. To verify or vouch for by certificate.

2. To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.

Cer`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n.[L. certificatio: cf. F. certification.] The act of certifying.