Part 1764

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Certainly</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"tain*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without doubt or question; unquestionably.</def>

<h1>Certainness</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"tain*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Certainty.</def>

<h1>Certainty</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"tain*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Certainties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OF. <ets>certainet\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>certainty</b> of punishment is the truest security against crimes.

<i>Fisher Ames.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fact or truth unquestionable established.</def>

<blockquote><b>Certainties</b> are uninteresting and sating. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.</def>

<cs><col>Of a certainty</col>, <cd>certainly.</cd></cs>

<h1>Certes</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>certes</ets>, for <ets>\'85 certes</ets>, fr. L. <ets>certus</ets>. See <er>Certain</er>.]</ety> <def>Certainly; in truth; verily.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Certes</b> it great pity was to see Him his nobility so foul deface. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Certificate</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer*tif"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>certificat</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>certificatus</ets> made certain, p. p. of <ets>certificare</ets>. See <er>tify</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A written testimony to the truth of any fact; <as>as, <ex>certificate</ex> of good behavior</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A written declaration legally authenticated.</def>

<cs><col>Trial by certificate</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Certificate</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer*tif"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Certificated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Certificating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Certify</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To verify or vouch for by certificate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish with a certificate; <as>as, to <ex>certificate</ex> the captain of a vessel; a <ex>certificated</ex> teacher.</as></def>

<h1>Certification</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[L. <ets>certificatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>certification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of certifying.</def>

<h1>Certifier</h1> <Xpage=235>