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    Certain , 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.
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      To make her certain of the sad event.
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      I myself am certain of you.
      Wyclif.

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    2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
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      However, I with thee have fixed my lot,
      Certain to undergo like doom.
      Milton.

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    3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
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      The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
      Dan. ii. 45.

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    4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
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      Virtue that directs our ways
      Through certain dangers to uncertain praise.
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      Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
      Shak.

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    5. Unfailing; infallible.
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      I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper.
      Mead.

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    6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
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      The people go out and gather a certain rate every day.
      Ex. xvi. 4.

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    7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
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      It came to pass when he was in a certain city.
      Luke. v. 12.

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      About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum.
      Macaulay.

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      For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.
      Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.
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    Certain, n.
    1. Certainty. [Obs.]
      Gower.

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

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    Certain, adv. Certainly. [Obs.]
    Milton.

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