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   certified adj.
   1. endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; guaranteed; as, “certified milk; certified mail; a certified check”.  Opposite of uncertified. [Narrower terms: certificated, credentialed, documented; guaranteed] See also certifiable.
   
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   2.  legally insane according to clinical criteria.
   
   Syn. -- certifiable.
   
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   3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.
   
   Syn. -- qualified.
   
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   Certify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Certified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Certifying.] [F. certifier, LL. certificare; L. certus certain + facere to make. See Certain, and cf. Certificate, v. t.]
   1. To give certain information to; to assure; to make certain.
   
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   We certify the king, that . . . thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. Ezra iv. 16.
   
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   2. To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.  Hammond.
   
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   The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation. I. Taylor.
   
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   3. To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.
   
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   The judges shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded. Blackstone.
   
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   Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.
   
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