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<hw>Cer"ris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cerrus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of oak (<spn>Quercus cerris</spn>) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also <altname>bitter oak</altname> and <altname>Turkey oak</altname>.</def>

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<hw>Cer"tain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>certain</ets>, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>certanus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>certus</ets> determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of <ets>cernere</ets> to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. <?/ to decide, separate, and to E. <ets>concern</ets>, <ets>critic</ets>, <ets>crime</ets>, <ets>riddle</ets> a sieve, <ets>rinse</ets>, v.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.</def>

<blockquote>To make her <b>certain</b> of the sad event. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I myself am <b>certain</b> of you. <i>Wyclif.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.</def>

<blockquote>However, I with thee have fixed my lot, <b>Certain</b> to undergo like doom. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.</def>

<blockquote>The dream is <b>certain</b>, and the interpretation thereof sure. <i>Dan. ii. 45.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.</def>

<blockquote>Virtue that directs our ways Through <b>certain</b> dangers to uncertain praise. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Unfailing; infallible.</def>

<blockquote>I have often wished that I knew as <b>certain</b> a remedy for any other distemper. <i>Mead.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.</def>

<blockquote>The people go out and gather a <b>certain</b> rate every day. <i>Ex. xvi. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.</def>

<blockquote>It came to pass when he was in a <b>certain</b> city. <i>Luke. v. 12.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>About everything he wrote there was a <b>certain</b> natural grace und decorum. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>For certain</col>, <cd>assuredly.</cd> -- <col>Of a certain</col>, <cd>certainly.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.</syn>

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<hw>Cer"tain</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Certainty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A certain number or quantity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Cer"tain</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Certainly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>