|
(), 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. To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. I myself am certain of you. Wyclif. 2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. Milton. 3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45. 4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak. 5. Unfailing; infallible. I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. Mead. 6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. The pe Cer"tain n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer. Cer"tain adv.Certainly. [Obs.] Milton. スポンサード リンク
|