Certain

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Certain \Cer"tain\, n.
     1. Certainty. [Obs.] --Gower.
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     2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Certain \Cer"tain\, adv.
     Certainly. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  286 Moby Thesaurus words for "certain":
     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