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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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To make her certain of the sad event. --Dryden.
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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.
--Dryden.
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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 independenty 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Certain \Cer"tain\, n.
1. Certainty. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Certain \Cer"tain\, adv.
Certainly. [Obs.] --Milton.
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WordNet Certain
adj 1: definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a
certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree";
"certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain
members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular
teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones" [syn: certain(a)]
2: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and
assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain)
she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of
her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: uncertain,
uncertain]
3: established beyond doubt or question; definitely known;
"what is certain is that every effect must have a cause";
"it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is
certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain" [syn: certain(p)]
[ant: uncertain]
4: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to
fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is
certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced
certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to
win" [syn: sure] [ant: uncertain]
5: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: sealed]
[ant: unsealed]
6: capable of being depended on; "a quick and certain remedy";
"a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure
sign of termites" [syn: sure]
7: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance;
"be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through";
"be sure to lock the doors" [syn: sure]

Moby Dictionary
a , a certain , absolute , accurate , actual , adducible , admissible ,
agape , agog , all agog , an , anticipant , anticipating , anticipative ,
anticipatory , any , any one , apodictic , ascertained , assured ,
atomic , attestative , attested , attestive , authentic , authenticated ,
awaiting , based on , believing , bound , categorically true ,
certified , changeless , circumstantial , clear , clear and distinct ,
clear as day , cocksure , composite , conclusive , concrete , confident ,
confirmable , confirmed , constant , convinced , convincing ,
corroborated , covered , credible , cumulative , damning , decided ,
decisive , defined , definite , demonstrable , demonstrated ,
dependable , destined , detailed , determinate , determinative ,
determined , devout , different , distinct , distinguished , divers ,
documentary , documented , dogmatic , doubtless , eager , effectual ,
either , ensured , esoteric , especial , established , evidential ,
evidentiary , ex parte , exceptional , exclusive , expectant ,
expecting , express , extraordinary , eye-witness , factual , faithful ,
fated , fateful , fideistic , final , firm , firsthand , fixed ,
forearmed , forestalling , forewarned , founded on , gaping ,
grounded on , guaranteed , hearsay , historical , hopeful , implicit ,
impressed with , in anticipation , in expectation , in the cards ,
incontestable , incontrovertible , indefeasible , indicative ,
indisputable , individual , indivisible , indubitable , ineluctable ,
ineludible , inescapable , inevasible , inevitable , inexorable ,
infallible , inflexible , inner , insured , integral , intimate ,
invariable , irreducible , irrefutable , irresistible , irrevocable ,
lone , looking for , looking forward to , many , material , measured ,
minute , monadic , monistic , more , more than one , necessary ,
not in error , not singular , not surprised , noteworthy , numerous ,
nuncupative , objectively true , one , optimistic , overwhelming ,
particular , perfectly sure , permanent , personal , persuaded ,
pietistic , pious , pistic , plausible , plural , pluralistic ,
plurative , positive , precise , predestined , predetermined , prepared ,
presumptive , private , probative , provable , proved , quantified ,
quantitative , quantitive , quantized , ready , real , relentless ,
reliable , resistless , respective , sanguine , satisfied , secure ,
secured , set , settled , several , significant , simple , single ,
singular , sold on , sole , solid , solipsistic , solitary , some ,
special , specific , stable , standard , stated , steady , stipulated ,
substantiated , suggestive , sundry , sure , sure as death ,
sure as fate , sure-enough , surefire , symptomatic , telling ,
traditional , true , true as gospel , trustworthy , truthful ,
unalterable , unambiguous , unanalyzable , unavoidable , unchanging ,
unconfuted , uncontestable , uncontrollable , undeflectable ,
undeniable , undenied , under the impression , undisputed , undivided ,
undoubted , undoubtful , undoubting , unequivocal , unerring ,
unerroneous , unevadable , unfailing , unfallacious , unfalse , uniform ,
unique , unitary , univocal , unmistakable , unmistaken , unnamed ,
unpreventable , unquestionable , unquestioned , unrefuted ,
unspecified , unstoppable , unsurprised , unyielding , valid ,
validated , various , veracious , verifiable , verified , veritable ,
waiting , waiting for , warranted , watching for , weighty ,
well-grounded , whole , written