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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Certain \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. ? 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. [1913 Webster]
To make her certain of the sad event.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
I myself am certain of you.— Wyclif.[1913 Webster]
2.Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. [1913 Webster]
However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
3.Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. [1913 Webster]
The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.— Dan. ii. 45.[1913 Webster]
4.Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. [1913 Webster]
Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
5.Unfailing; infallible. [1913 Webster]
I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper.— Mead.[1913 Webster]
6.Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. [1913 Webster]
The people go out and gather a certain rate every day.— Ex. xvi. 4.[1913 Webster]
7.Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. [1913 Webster]
It came to pass when he was in a certain city.— Luke. v. 12.[1913 Webster]
About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
For certain, assuredly.
Of a certain, certainly.
Syn: Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated. [1913 Webster]