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. &unr_; to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v. ]
To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
I myself am certain of you. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
However, I with thee have fixed my lot,
Certain to undergo like doom. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]
Virtue that directs our ways
Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. Mead. [ 1913 Webster ]
The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. Ex. xvi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
For certain,
Of a certain,
n.
adv. Certainly. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Without doubt or question; unquestionably. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Certainty. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]
Certainties are uninteresting and sating. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of a certainty,